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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 live”), Yiddish לעבן (lebn, “to live”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål leve (“to live”), Faroese liva (“to live”), Icelandic lifa (“to live”), Norwegian Nynorsk leva, leve, liva (“to live”), Swedish leva (“to live”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban, “to live”); also Latin lippus (“half-sighted, myopic”), Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat, tallow”), Lithuanian lipti (“to stick”), Bulgarian лепя́ (lepjá, “to glue, paste, stick; to plaster, smear”), Czech lepit (“to glue, stick”), Macedonian лепи (lepi, “to glue, stick”), Polish lepić (“to mold; to glue, paste; to stick”), Russian лепи́ть (lepítʹ, “to fashion, sculpt, shape”), Serbo-Croatian лепити, лије́пити, lépiti, lijépiti (“to glue, paste; to stick”), Slovak lepiť (“to stick”), Slovene lepiti (“to stick”), Ukrainian ліпити (lipyty, “to mould, shape”), Sanskrit लिप् (lip, “to anoint, smear; to defile, soil, taint”), रिप् (rip, “deceit, fraud; injury; enemy, traitor”).

live (third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived)

  1. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
    He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
  2. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
    Synonym: range (fauna)
    I live at 2a Acacia Avenue. At that time I'd been living in a camper for about six months.
    • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:
      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.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      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.
    1. (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
      I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?
  3. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 50:
      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.
  4. (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
    Her memory lives in that song.
    • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎[1]:
      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.
  5. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
    You'll just have to live with it! I can't live in a world without you.
  6. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
    It is difficult to live in poverty. And they lived happily ever after.
  7. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
    To live an idle or a useful life.
    • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
      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.
    • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
      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.
  8. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
    • 1971, Bart Moncq, Body Politic, number 1, page 8:
      The key to our freedom then, isn't begging for tolerance, but living our full rights.
    • 2006, Laura Cardone, Motivation at Work‎[2], →ISBN:
      Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how to live the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.
    • 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian‎[3], →ISSN:
      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.”
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To live as; to live being.
  10. (ambitransitive) To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
    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.
    (in a video game) I don't know how I lived that, I should've died like 8 times.
  1. (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
    It is hard to live on the minimum wage. They lived on stale bread. Man shall not live by bread alone.
  2. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
    I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!

be alive

have permanent residence

survive, persevere, continue

cope

spend (one's life), pass, maintain, continue in

An apheretic form of alive.

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

  1. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
    The post office will not ship live animals.
  2. Being in existence; actual.
    He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
  3. Having active properties; being energized.
    Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
  4. Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
    1. (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
      Antonym: dead
      • 1996, Richard Jones, Rafael Lins, Garbage Collection, →ISBN, page 4:
        An object in the heap is live if its address is held in a root, or there is a pointer to it held in another live heap node.
  5. Taken from a living animal.
    live feathers
  6. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
    the live spindle of a lathe
    a live, or driving, axle
  7. (sports) Still in active play.
    a live ball
  8. (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
    • 2005, Alison M. Pendergast, Play Winning Poker in No Time, page 57:
      As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.
  9. (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
    The station presented a live news program every evening.
    Are we live?
  10. (of a performance or speech) In person.
    This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
  11. (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
    a live album
  12. Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
    The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
  13. Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
  1. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually with a risk of causing electrocution if touched.
    Use caution when working near live wires.
  2. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
    Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
  3. (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  4. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
    a live coal; live embers
  1. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  2. (slang)
  3. (dated) Energetic, attentive, active.
    a live man, or orator
    • 1915, “In the Scout Cave”, in Boys' Life, volume 5, number 3, page 23:
      Now then, Bill, I've recommended to the troop that they take you in, and the fellows have all voted in favor of you. These scouts are a live bunch and they all expect you to make good.
  4. Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
    • 1998, Kimberly S. Phillips, Purpose Lies Within, Messenger Publishing, →ISBN, page 119:
      The party was live, and the music was jammin. All over the beach people in colorful swimsuits were moving to the beat.
  5. (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
    Antonym: dead

having life

(broadcasting) seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens

electrically charged

being in a state of ignition; burning

being in existence; actual — see also in force

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

  1. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
    The concert was broadcast live by radio.
  2. Of making a performance or speech, in person.
    He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.

as it happens

From English live, possibly via Japanese ライブ (raibu).

live

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) to broadcast live; to stream
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to reach the end (i.e. the newest posts) on a forum thread

live

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) live performance; concert (Classifier: 場／场 m c)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) livestream (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Borrowed from English Live Photo.

live

  1. (computing) Live Photo (iOS), etc.
    拍live ― pāi live ― to take a live photo, etc.

From liv +‎ -e.

live (imperative liv, infinitive at live, present tense liver, past tense livede, perfect tense livet)

  1. (used with op) to enliven
    Synonym: oplive

From English live First attested in 1965.

live

  1. live (as it happens)

Borrowed from English live.

live (not comparable)

  1. (broadcasting) live, being broadcast as it happens.
Declension of live
uninflected live
inflected live
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial live
indefinite m./f. sing. live
n. sing. live
plural live
definite live
partitive lives

From liva +‎ -e.

live (lative liven)

  1. (neologism) on the left
    Synonym: maldekstre
    Antonym: dekstre

lipeä +‎ -e

live (dialectal)

  1. (Satakunta, Tavastia, Central Finland, North Karelia) synonym of lipeä (“lye”)

From English live.

live

  1. (in compounds) live

live

  1. live (as it happens, in real time, directly)
  2. (Quebec, Eastern Ontario) now, at the moment.

live m (plural **live or lives)

  1. live stream, a video broadcast in real time, a Q&A (even written) in real time
    Synonym: direct
    comment faire un live sur YouTube ― how to do a livestream on YouTube
    Le Monde a fait un live pendant le confinement. - Le Monde did a live Q&A during the lockdown.

Borrowed from English live.

live

  1. (broadcast, event) live (as it happens, in real time, directly)
    Synonyms: direkt, in Echtzeit

Borrowed from English live, originally as an adjective.[1]

live (invariable)

  1. performed or recorded live
    Synonym: dal vivo

live m (invariable)

  1. live broadcast; live reporting

  2. ^ live in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

  3. ^ live in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

līvē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of līveō

live

  1. alternative form of lyven

live n

  1. dative singular of liv

Borrowed from English live.

live (singular and plural **live)

  1. live (some technical senses)
    1. (broadcasting) on air
    2. (of a performance or speech) in person
    3. (entertainment, performing) recorded in front of a live audience

From Old Norse hlífa, from Proto-Germanic *hlībijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

live (present tense liver, past tense livde, past participle livt/livd, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative liv)

  1. (transitive) to shelter, protect, especially from the weather and elements

live n (definite singular livet, uncountable)

  1. (rare) shelter, cover, protection, especially from the elements
    Synonyms: le, livd, ly

Of the noun liv n (“life”).

live (present tense livar, past tense liva, past participle liva, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative **live/liv)

  1. (ambitransitive) to liven

From Latin liber.

live m (plural lives)

  1. book

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

live (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (broadcasting, colloquial, postpositive) live (seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens)
  2. (colloquial, music, postpositive) live (made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

live (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, postpositive) live (as it happens)
    Synonym: na żywo
    Antonym: z puszki

live m inan

  1. (broadcasting, colloquial) live transmission
  2. (colloquial, music) live recording (recording made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

live m or f (plural lives)

  1. video stream (either a live stream or a recording of a past live stream)
    Synonym: direto
    Hoje assisti à live que fizeram na semana passada.
    Today, I've watched the stream that they did last week.

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

live m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. live

Declension of live (invariable)

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live

  1. live

líve class 5 (plural émáve class 6)

  1. country

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

(classifier phiên) live

  1. short for livestream

live

  1. short for livestream

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live

Derived from Latin lepus.

live m (plural lives)

  1. hare
  2. old, worn-out book

From Middle English lyven, from Old English libban, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan.

live (present participle liveen)

  1. to live
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:
      Lhaung mye thye live in prosperitee;
      Long may they live in prosperity;