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English adjective: live | |||
| 1. | live actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing | ||
| Samples | A live television program. Brought to you live from Lincoln Center. Live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience. | ||
| Synonyms | unrecorded | ||
| Similar | unfilmed, untaped | ||
| Antonyms | recorded | ||
| 2. | live exerting force or containing energy | ||
| Samples | Live coals. Tossed a live cigarette out the window. Got a shock from a live wire. Live ore is unmined ore. A live bomb. A live ball is one in play. | ||
| Similar | in play, living | ||
| See also | active | ||
| Antonyms | dead | ||
| 3. | live possessing life | ||
| Samples | The happiest person alive. The nerve is alive. Doctors are working hard to keep him alive. Burned alive. A live canary. | ||
| Synonyms | alive | ||
| Similar | liveborn, viable, vital | ||
| See also | animate | ||
| Attribute | aliveness, animation, animation, life, living, vitality | ||
| Antonyms | dead | ||
| 4. | live highly reverberant | ||
| Samples | A live concert hall. | ||
| Similar | reverberant | ||
| Antonyms | nonresonant, unreverberant | ||
| 5. | live charged with an explosive | ||
| Samples | Live ammunition. A live bomb. | ||
| Similar | loaded | ||
| Antonyms | unloaded | ||
| 6. | live elastic; rebounds readily | ||
| Samples | Clean bouncy hair. A lively tennis ball. As resilient as seasoned hickory. Springy turf. | ||
| Synonyms | bouncy, lively, resilient, springy | ||
| Similar | elastic | ||
| Antonyms | inelastic | ||
| 7. | live abounding with life and energy | ||
| Samples | The club members are a really live bunch. | ||
| Similar | lively | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| Antonyms | dull | ||
| 8. | live in current use or ready for use | ||
| Samples | Live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread. | ||
| Similar | current | ||
| Domain category | printing, printing process | ||
| Antonyms | noncurrent | ||
| 9. | live of current relevance | ||
| Samples | A live issue. Still a live option. | ||
| Similar | current | ||
| Antonyms | noncurrent | ||
| 10. | live charged or energized with electricity | ||
| Samples | A hot wire. A live wire. | ||
| Synonyms | hot | ||
| Similar | charged | ||
| Domain category | electricity | ||
| Antonyms | uncharged | ||
| 11. | live capable of erupting | ||
| Samples | A live volcano. The volcano is very much alive. | ||
| Synonyms | alive | ||
| Similar | active | ||
| Antonyms | extinct | ||
English adverb: live | |||
| 1. | live not recorded | ||
| Samples | The opera was broadcast live. | ||
English verb: live | |||
| 1. | live (stative) inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of | ||
| Samples | People lived in Africa millions of years ago. The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted. This kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean. Deer are populating the woods. | ||
| Synonyms | dwell, inhabit, populate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bivouac, board, camp, camp out, cohabit, domicile, domiciliate, encamp, live together, lodge, lodge in, neighbor, neighbour, nest, occupy, overpopulate, people, reside, reside, room, shack, shack up, tenant, tent | ||
| 2. | live (stative) lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style | ||
| Samples | We had to live frugally after the war. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bach, bachelor, buccaneer, bushwhack, cash out, dissipate, eke out, live down, move, pig, pig it, swing, unlive, vegetate, wanton | ||
| Entail | be, exist | ||
| Verb group | live | ||
| 3. | live (stative) continue to live through hardship or adversity | ||
| Samples | We went without water and food for 3 days. These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America. The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents. How long can a person last without food and water?. | ||
| Examples | The business is going to live | ||
| Synonyms | endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live on, survive | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hold up, hold water, live out, perennate, stand up | ||
| Entail | be, live | ||
| Verb group | be, exist, live, live, subsist, survive | ||
| 4. | live (stative) support oneself | ||
| Samples | He could barely exist on such a low wage. Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?. Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day. | ||
| Synonyms | exist, subsist, survive | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s on something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breathe, drift, freewheel | ||
| Verb group | endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive | ||
| 5. | live (stative) have life, be alive | ||
| Samples | Our great leader is no more. My grandfather lived until the end of war. | ||
| Synonyms | be | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Verb group | endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive | ||
| 6. | live (cognition) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | ||
| Samples | I know the feeling!. Have you ever known hunger?. I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict. The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare. I lived through two divorces. | ||
| Synonyms | experience, know | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, go through, see | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | live over, relive, taste | ||
| 7. | live (stative) pursue a positive and satisfying existence | ||
| Samples | You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Verb group | live | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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