Meaning of live | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be alive; to have life.
   intransitive
2. direct, straightforward
3. To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
   intransitive
4. blunt, straight
5. To overcome or reduce the shame of (a misdeed, for example) over a period of time.
6. (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
   informal, intransitive
7. To reside in the place where one is employed: household servants who live in.
8. To survive; to persevere; to continue.
   intransitive
9. live stream, stream
10. To live outside one's place of domestic employment: household servants who live out.
11. To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
    intransitive
12. mad, drugged-out or resembling those states
13. To put up with; resign oneself to: disliked the situation but had to live with it.
14. To cope.
    excessive, intransitive
15. To engage in festive pleasures or extravagances.
16. To pass life in a specified manner.
    intransitive
17. To enjoy the best of everything; live in comfort or luxury.
18. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
    transitive
19. At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance: The landing on the moon was telecast live.
20. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
    transitive
21. live it up, Informal. to live in an extravagant or wild manner.
22. To live as; to live being.
    obsolete, transitive
23. having (a certain type of) life. long-lived. leeftyd مُعاش، مُعْتاش -живял de vida ... žijící -lebig med ... liv που έχει συγκεκριμένο είδος ζωής de vida... -ealine عمر -ikäinen à la vie (...) חַיֵי- एक विशेष प्रकार का जीवन जीना -vječan -életű hidup langlífur dalla vita (...) －の命のある …의 생명을 지닌 -laikis, -amžis -dzīvojošs mempunyai hayat levend med (...) liv o ... życiu عمر de vida cu viaţă (...) -живущий (...) žijúci živeti (...) -večan -livad มีชีวิต ... ömürlü 以某種型態生活的(後綴) такий, що живе певн...
24. To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
    intransitive
25. the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive. He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author. bestaan مَعيشَه، مَوْرِد رزق прехрана sustento živobytí der Lebensunterhalt indtægt τα προς το ζην medio de vida, sustento elatis معاش toimeentulo gagnerפרנסה, מחיה आजीविका, जीवन यापन विधि zarada megélhetés nafkah lifibrauð, lífsviðurværi il vivere 生活費 생활비 pragyvenimas uzturs; iztika mata pencarian inkomenlevebrødżycie, utrzymanie لاس مزد،معاش susten...
    etc
26. To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
    intransitive
27. To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
    informal, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“He's not expected to live for more than a few months.”

“I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  At that time I'd been living in a camper for about six months.”

“Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.”

“It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.”

“I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?”

“When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, ⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d, […] ‘Where wert thou, brother, those four days?’ ⁠There lives no record of reply, ⁠Which telling what it is to die Had surely added praise to praise.”

“Her memory lives in that song.”

“He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, will live long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.”

“You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.”

“It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.”

“To live an idle or a useful life.”

“Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.”

“By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.”

“But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.”

“to live the Gospel”

“Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how to live the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.”

“In short, he argues, in the modern era, “The only way to build a brand is to live that brand. You have to live the values and the mission, then let the customer decide.””

“at leaſt admit vs libertie, Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized, By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.”

“That rockslide trapped me in a cave, and I was trapped for three days, but I lived.”

“No ship could live in such a storm.”

“a strong mast that lived upon the sea”

“It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.   Man shall not live by bread alone.”

“I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!”

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