Live

adjective

laɪv

Adjective

possessing life
“the happiest person alive”
“the nerve is alive”
“doctors are working hard to keep him alive”
Similar:Alive
See also:Animate
actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
“a live television program”
“brought to you live from Lincoln Center”
“live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience”
Similar:Unrecorded
capable of erupting
“a live volcano”
“the volcano is very much alive”
Similar:Alive
elastic; rebounds readily
“a lively tennis ball”
Similar:BouncyLively ResilientSpringy
charged or energized with electricity
“a live wire”
Similar:Hot
exerting force or containing energy
“live coals”
“tossed a live cigarette out the window”
“got a shock from a live wire”
See also:Active
charged with an explosive
“live ammunition”
“a live bomb”
of current relevance
“a live issue”
“still a live option”
abounding with life and energy
“the club members are a really live bunch”
highly reverberant
“a live concert hall”
in current use or ready for use
“live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread”

be an inhabitant of or reside in
“People lived in Africa millions of years ago”
Similar:Dwell InhabitPopulate
Type of:Be
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
“I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict”
“The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare”
“I lived through two divorces”
Similar:Experience Know
Type of:ExperienceSee
continue to live and avoid dying
“The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents”
“One crash victim died, the other lived”
Similar:EndureGoLast Survive
have life, be alive
“My grandfather lived until the end of war”
Similar:Be
support oneself
“Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?”
Similar:Exist Subsist Survive
lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
“we had to live frugally after the war”
pursue a positive and satisfying existence
“You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live”