| VERB | stative | live, populate, dwell, inhabit | inhabit or live in |
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| stative | live | lead a certain kind of life | |
| stative | live, survive, last, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | continue to live through hardship or adversity | |
| stative | live, exist, survive, subsist | support oneself | |
| stative | live, be | have life, be alive | |
| cognition | live, know, experience | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | |
| stative | live | pursue a positive and satisfying existence | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | live, unrecorded | actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing |
| all | live | exerting force or containing energy | |
| all | live, alive | possessing life | |
| all | live | highly reverberant | |
| all | live | charged with an explosive | |
| all | live, bouncy, lively, resilient, springy | elastic | |
| all | live | abounding with life and energy | |
| all | live | in current use or ready for use | |
| all | live | of current relevance | |
| all | live, hot | charged or energized with electricity | |
| all | live, alive | capable of erupting | |
| ADVERB | all | live | not recorded |
| Sounds | lay'v; lih'v | |
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| Rhymes | alive ... thrive: 23 rhymes with ayv... | |
| abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | ||
| Meaning | actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing. | |
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| Synonym | unrecorded | |
| Narrower | unfilmed, untaped | not recorded / recorded on film or tape |
| Opposite | recorded | set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction |
| Meaning | Exerting force or containing energy. | |
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| Narrower | living | (used of minerals or stone / stone) in its natural state and place |
| See also | active | (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt |
| active | (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting | |
| Opposite | dead | not showing characteristics / characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life |
| Spanish | vivo | |
| Catalan | viu | |
| Meaning | possessing life. | |
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| Synonym | alive | |
| Attribute of | animation, vitality | The property of being able to survive and grow |
| animation, life, living, aliveness | The condition of living or the state of being alive | |
| Narrower | liveborn | (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth |
| viable | capable of life or normal growth and development | |
| vital | manifesting or characteristic of life | |
| See also | animate | endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life |
| Opposite | dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life |
| Spanish | vivo | |
| Nouns | liveness | the property of being animated |
| Meaning | Highly reverberant. | |
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| Example | "a live concert hall" | |
| Broader | reverberant | Having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected |
| Meaning | Charged with an explosive. | |
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| Broader | loaded | (of weapons) charged with ammunition |
| Meaning | elastic; rebounds readily. | |
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| Example | "a lively tennis ball" | |
| Synonyms | bouncy, lively, resilient, springy | |
| Broader | elastic | capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression |
| Spanish | dúctil, elástico, flexible | |
| Catalan | dúctil, elàstic, flexible | |
| Meaning | abounding with life and energy. | |
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| Example | "the club members are a really live bunch" | |
| Broader | lively | full of life and energy |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | in current use or ready for use. | |
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| Example | "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread" | |
| Category | printing, printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
| Broader | current | occurring in or belonging to the present time |
| Meaning | Of current relevance. | |
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| Broader | current | occurring in or belonging to the present time |
| Meaning | Charged or energized with electricity. | |
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| Example | "a live wire" | |
| Synonym | hot | |
| Category | electricity | A physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons |
| Broader | charged | Of a particle or body or system |
| Spanish | vivo | |
| Meaning | capable of erupting. | |
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| Synonym | alive | |
| Broader | active | (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting |
| Meaning | not recorded. | |
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| Example | "the opera was broadcast live" | |
| Catalan | en directe, en viu | |
| Meaning | Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "People lived in Africa millions of years ago" | |
| Synonyms | populate, dwell, inhabit | |
| Narrower | board, room | Live and take one's meals at or in |
| camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent | Live in or as if in a tent | |
| cohabit, live together, shack up | Share living quarters | |
| lodge | Be a lodger | |
| neighbor, neighbour | Live or be located as a neighbor | |
| nest | Inhabit a nest, usually after building | |
| occupy, reside, lodge in | Live (in a certain place) | |
| overpopulate | Cause to have too great a population | |
| people | Furnish with people | |
| reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate | make one's home / home in a particular place or community | |
| tenant | Occupy as a tenant / tenant | |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
| See also | live in | live in the house where one works |
| live out | work in a house where one does not live | |
| Spanish | habitar, morar, ocupar, poblar, residir, vivir | |
| Catalan | habitar, morar, ocupar, poblar, residir, viure | |
| Adjectives | livable, liveable | fit or suitable to live in or with |
| Nouns | liver | someone who lives in a place |
| Meaning | Lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "we had to live frugally after the war" | |
| Entails | exist, be | Have an existence, be extant |
| Narrower | bachelor, bach | Lead a bachelor's existence |
| board | lodge and take meals (at) | |
| buccaneer | Live like a buccaneer | |
| bushwhack | Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla | |
| cash out | choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals | |
| dissipate | Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption | |
| eke out | Live from day to day, as with some hardship | |
| move | Live one's life in a specified environment | |
| pig, pig it | Live like a pig, in squalor | |
| swing | Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style | |
| unlive, live down | Live so as to annul some previous behavior | |
| vegetate | Lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind | |
| wanton | indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life | |
| Similar to | live | pursue a positive and satisfying existence |
| Spanish | vivir | |
| Catalan | viure | |
| Nouns | liver | a person who has a special life style |
| living | the experience of being alive | |
| Meaning | Continue to live through hardship or adversity. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The business is going to live | |
| Example | "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents" | |
| Synonyms | survive, last, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | |
| Entails | be, live | Have life, be alive |
| Narrower | live out | Live out one's life |
| perennate | survive from season to season, of plants | |
| stand up, hold up, hold water | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. | |
| Similar to | be, live | Have life, be alive |
| exist, survive, live, subsist | support oneself | |
| Spanish | durar, perdurar, persistir, sobrevivir, vivir | |
| Catalan | durar, perdurar, persistir, sobreviure, viure | |
| Meaning | support oneself. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?" | |
| Synonyms | exist, survive, subsist | |
| Narrower | breathe | Be alive |
| freewheel, drift | Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely | |
| Similar to | survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | Continue to live through hardship or adversity |
| Spanish | existir, morar, persistir, sobrevivir, subsistir, vivir | |
| Catalan | existir, persistir, sobreviure, subsistir, viure | |
| Meaning | Have life, be alive. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "My grandfather lived until the end of war" | |
| Synonym | be | |
| Entailed by | outlive, outlast, survive | Live longer than |
| survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | Continue to live through hardship or adversity | |
| Similar to | survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | Continue to live through hardship or adversity |
| Spanish | durar, existir, morar, vivir | |
| Catalan | existir, persistir, viure | |
| Nouns | living | the condition of living or the state of being alive |
| Meaning | Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | know, experience | |
| Narrower | relive, live over | Experience again, often in the imagination |
| taste | Experience briefly | |
| Broader | experience, see, go through | go or live through |
| Spanish | experimentar, saber, sentir | |
| Catalan | experimentar, saber, sentir | |
| Meaning | pursue a positive and satisfying existence. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live" | |
| Similar to | live | Lead a certain kind of life |
| Spanish | vivir | |
| Catalan | viure | |
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