live

live1 [ lıv ] verb ***

▸ 1 be/stay alive

▸ 2 have home in place

▸ 3 have kind of life

▸ 4 keep alive certain way

▸ 5 continue to exist

▸ 6 have interesting life

▸ 7 be kept in certain place

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive to be or stay alive:

She's not expected to live long.

Who wants to live forever?

live to the age of.../live to be...: Despite her unhealthy lifestyle, Aunt Joan lived to be 86.

live to do something (=live long enough to do it): He lived to see the first talking pictures.

a ) to be alive in a particular time:

live in/at/before/after: Hippodamus lived in the early fifth century B.C.

He's one of the greatest pianists who ever lived.

2. ) intransitive to have your home in a particular place:

Paris is a nice place to live.

live in/near/on/at etc.: They lived in a studio apartment in Manhattan.

I think he lives somewhere near Kansas City.

live at home (=in your parents' home): Do you still live at home?

3. ) intransitive or transitive to have a particular kind of life:

people living in poverty

They have lived under military rule for nineteen years.

Food is inexpensive here, so you can live quite cheaply.

live well/comfortably (=have a pleasant life with plenty of money): I had a good salary then, and we lived pretty well.

live a full/quiet/busy life: Now they have retired and want to live a quiet life.

live a life of crime/luxury/hardship: She was destined from birth to live a life of hardship.

4. ) intransitive to keep yourself alive in a particular way:

live by doing something: The Aymaras live by hunting and fishing in the Desaguadero river.

live on/off something: Millions of families are living on welfare.

5. ) intransitive to continue to exist and have influence:

The spirit of the Revolution still lives.

live in someone's memory: The events of that day have always lived in my memory.

6. ) intransitive to have an interesting and exciting life:

Come on, you have to live a little!

7. ) intransitive MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL to be usually kept in a particular place

as I live and breathe OLD-FASHIONED

used for expressing surprise

can live with something

used for saying that you can accept something:

It's a little less than I asked for, but I can live with that.

you haven't lived

used for telling someone that they should try something:

You haven't lived until you've ridden the new roller coaster.

if I live to be 100

used for emphasizing that you will never do, know, or understand something:

If I live to be a hundred I'll never understand why he did that.

live and breathe something

to be very enthusiastic about a particular activity and spend all the time you can doing it or talking about it:

Some people live and breathe football.

you live and learn

used for showing surprise at something new you have just learned

live and let live

used for saying that you should accept other people's beliefs and way of life, even if they are very different from your own

live beyond/within your means

to have a way of life in which you spend more/less money than you earn

live by your wits

to have no real job but make the money you need by being clever or dishonest

live for/in the moment

to enjoy the present time and not worry about the future

live from day to day

to deal with things as they happen without thinking about the future

live from hand to mouth

to have just enough money or food to stay alive

live in fear (of)

to be afraid of something or someone all the time

live in hope OFTEN HUMOROUS

to be hopeful that something will happen:

They haven't paid back any of the money yet, but we live in hope.

live in the past

1. ) to be always thinking or talking about past events

2. ) to have old-fashioned attitudes

live in sin (with someone) OLD-FASHIONED

to share a home and have a sexual relationship without being married

live it up

to do enjoyable and exciting things that involve spending a lot of money

live a lie

to spend your life hiding the truth about yourself or your feelings

live off the fat of the land

to have a comfortable and enjoyable life without doing any work

live off the land

to live on whatever food you can get by hunting, finding fruit, or growing vegetables

live to fight/see another day

to be ready to continue with your life or job despite a defeat or failure:

She lost the election, but she'll live to fight another day.

live to see the day

to be still alive when something happens, especially something impressive or shocking:

I never thought I'd live to see the day when children could take their own parents to court!

live to tell the tale INFORMAL

to deal successfully with a dangerous or unpleasant experience:

You mean you spent Christmas with his family and lived to tell the tale?

living on borrowed time

1. ) still alive after you were expected to die, but likely to die soon

2. ) likely to fail or stop existing soon:

His regime is living on borrowed time.

someone will live to regret something

used for saying that someone will wish in the future that they had not done something:

You're wasting your time with him and you'll live to regret it.

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`live by phrasal verb transitive

live by something to behave according to a particular set of beliefs or principles:

He argued that even criminals have a code of ethics that they live by.

,live `down phrasal verb transitive

usually in negatives to make people forget about something embarrassing or silly that you have done:

All the girls in my class are going except me! I'll never live it down!

`live for phrasal verb transitive

live for something/someone to consider someone or something as so important that they are your main reason for living:

She lives for her work.

have something to live for

to have a reason to want to stay alive:

He spoke with the voice of a man who had nothing left to live for.

Gregory was 21 and had everything to live for.

live for the day when

to want something to happen very much:

He lived for the day when he would be old enough to drive a car.

,live `in phrasal verb intransitive

to live at the place where you work or study:

Their nanny lives in.

`live off phrasal verb transitive

live off someone/something to depend on someone or something for the money or food that you need:

He's 25 and still living off his parents.

,live `on phrasal verb intransitive

to continue to be alive or exist:

She lived on until 1832, when she died aged 85.

`live on phrasal verb transitive live on something

1. ) to have a particular amount of money to buy the things that you need to live:

They have to live on a Social Security check of $500 a month.

2. ) to eat a particular kind of food:

These fish live on small sea creatures such as shrimp.

They seem to live on nothing but hamburgers and fries.

,live `out phrasal verb

1. ) transitive live out something to do something that you have thought or dreamed of doing:

The inheritance would allow her to live out her fantasies.

2. ) intransitive to not live at the place where you work or study

live out your life

to spend the rest or part of your life in a particular place or situation:

She wanted to live out the remaining weeks of her life at home.

`live through phrasal verb transitive

live through something to experience a dangerous or unpleasant situation and still be alive after it:

These are people who have lived through two world wars.

`live to,gether phrasal verb intransitive

if two people live together, they are not married but live in the same house and have a sexual relationship

,live `up to phrasal verb transitive

live up to something to be as good as what was expected or promised:

The breathtakingly beautiful scenery certainly lived up to expectations.

`live with phrasal verb transitive

1. ) live with someone to live in the same house and have a sexual relationship with someone you are not married to

2. ) live with something to accept something unpleasant that you cannot change:

How does she live with the guilt?

He had learned to live with her moodiness.

live with yourself usually in negatives or questions

to continue to consider yourself a good person after doing something bad:

I could never live with myself if I hit a child with my car.

live

live 2 [ laıv ] adjective **

▸ 1 living

▸ 2 entertainment

▸ 3 with electricity

▸ 4 bullets/bombs etc.

▸ 5 important subject

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) only before noun living and not dead:

legislation concerning the treatment of live animals

The table shows the rate of infant mortality per 1000 live births.

a ) live YOGURT contains the living bacteria used to make it

2. ) a live television or radio program can be watched or listened to at the same time as it happens:

the popular live TV broadcast of the Olympics

non-stop live coverage of the trial

a ) a live performance is given before an audience:

We found a bar that has live music on Friday nights.

b ) a live recording is made during a performance and not in a STUDIO:

The band is releasing a live album of their recent tour of Japan.

3. ) a live wire or piece of equipment is connected to the electricity supply and has electricity going through it

4. ) live bullets are real, rather than BLANKS or rubber or plastic bullets:

Police began firing live ammunition into the crowd.

a ) a live bomb or missile is capable of exploding because it has not yet been used

b ) a live match is capable of producing a flame because it has not yet been used

5. ) a live issue continues to be important and relevant:

We've got to make people realize that drunk driving is still a live issue.

a real live INFORMAL

used for emphasizing that an example of an interesting or unusual type of person or thing is present:

A real live movie star was standing on my doorstep.

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live 3 [ laıv ] adverb *

if something is broadcast live, it can be watched or listened to at the same time as it happens:

The game is being broadcast live tonight on ESPN.

a. if something is performed live, it is performed before an audience:

She recently sang live at the Asian Pop Awards ceremony.

b. if something is recorded live, it is recorded during a concert and not in a STUDIO

go live

if a computer system goes live, all the tests on it have been completed and it can now be used