Word Definitions & Examples
adverb
Sense 1
not recorded
"the opera was broadcast live"
adjective
Sense 3
"a live television program"
"brought to you live from Lincoln Center"
"live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"
Opposites:
recorded
adjective satellite
Sense 4
"the club members are a really live bunch"
Similar:
lively
Domain:
colloquialism
adjective satellite
Sense 5
"live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
Similar:
current
adjective
Sense 7
"live coals"
"tossed a live cigarette out the window"
"got a shock from a live wire"
"live ore is unmined ore"
"a live bomb"
"a live ball is one in play"
Opposites:
dead
adjective satellite
Sense 8
"a live canary"
"hit a live nerve"
"famous living painters"
"living tissue";"
Similar:
alive(p)
verb
Sense 9
"You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 10
"we had to live frugally after the war"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
adjective satellite
Sense 12
"clean bouncy hair"
"a lively tennis ball"
"as resiliant as seasoned hickory"
"springy turf"
Similar:
elastic
verb
Sense 13
"Our great leader is no more"
"My grandfather lived until the end of war"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 14
"We went without water and food for 3 days"
"These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"
"The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
Entails:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 15
"he could barely exist on such a low wage"
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"
"Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 16
"I know the feeling!"
"have you ever known hunger?"
"I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"
"The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"
"I lived through two d"
Derived:
experience
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 17
"She resides officially in Iceland"
"I live in a 200-year old house"
"These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"
"The plains are sparsely populated"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
13
Total Relationships
83
Times Searched
3
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