live

CEFRA1

/ˈlɪv/

verb · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To have your home or existence in a particular place.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Happening now or performed before an audience.

Examples

  • Humans were never meant to live forever.

  • I can't live that kind of life.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlaɪ̯v/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

  2. To be alive; to have life.

  3. To survive; to persevere; to continue.

More examples

In context

  • The show is going out live.

  • 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.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English lefe, lifen, libbe, libben, live, luvien, lyven, from Old English libban, lifian (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”). Cognates Cognate with Yola live (“to live”), North Frisian laawe, lawe, lewe, lewi, lewwe, lääwe (“to live”), Saterland Frisian lieuwje, líeuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Alemannic German lëëbe (“to live”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno lem (“to live”), Dutch leeven, leven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), German Low German lęven (“to live”), Limburgish leve, léëve (“to live”), Luxembourgish liewen (“to live”), Vilamovian łaowa (“to...