Meaning (1):
- support oneself
Example in sentence:- Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?;
- he could barely exist on such a low wage;
- Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
Meaning (2):
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
Example in sentence:- deer are populating the woods;
- People lived in Africa millions of years ago;
- The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted;
- this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
Meaning (3):
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
Example in sentence:- have you ever known hunger?;
- I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict;
- I know the feeling!;
- I lived through two divorces;
- The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
Meaning (4):
- continue to live and avoid dying
Example in sentence:- how long can a person last without food and water?;
- One crash victim died, the other lived;
- The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents;
- These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America;
- We went without water and food for 3 days
Meaning (5):
- have life, be alive
Example in sentence:- My grandfather lived until the end of war;
- Our great leader is no more
Meaning (6):
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
Example in sentence:- we had to live frugally after the war
Meaning (7):
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
Example in sentence:- You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
Meaning (8):
- exerting force or containing energy
Example in sentence:- a live ball is one in play;
- a live bomb;
- got a shock from a live wire;
- live coals;
- live ore is unmined ore;
- tossed a live cigarette out the window
Meaning (9):
- possessing life
Example in sentence:- a live canary;
- burned alive;
- doctors are working hard to keep him alive;
- the happiest person alive;
- the nerve is alive
Meaning (10):
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
Example in sentence:- a live television program;
- brought to you live from Lincoln Center;
- live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
Meaning (11):
- not recorded
Example in sentence:- the opera was broadcast live
Meaning (12):
- charged or energized with electricity
Meaning (13):
- charged with an explosive
Example in sentence:- a live bomb;
- live ammunition
Meaning (14):
- highly reverberant
Meaning (15):
- of current relevance
Example in sentence:- a live issue;
- still a live option
Meaning (16):
- capable of erupting
Example in sentence:- a live volcano;
- the volcano is very much alive
Meaning (17):
- elastic; rebounds readily
Example in sentence:- a lively tennis ball;
- as resilient as seasoned hickory;
- clean bouncy hair;
- springy turf
Meaning (18):
- in current use or ready for use
Example in sentence:- live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
Meaning (19):
- abounding with life and energy
Example in sentence:- the club members are a really live bunch
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