Definition of "live"

live¹

/lɪv/

verb
third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived
1. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
2. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  Quotations
  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.
  1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], page 16
  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.
  1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
  1. (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
3. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  Quotations
  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 dieHad surely added praise to praise.
  1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], Canto XXXI, page 50
4. (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
  Quotations
  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.
  2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎
5. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
6. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
7. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  Quotations
  Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.
  1921, Juanita Helm Floyd, Women in the Life of Balzac
  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.
  2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian
  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.
  2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11
8. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  Quotations
  to live the Gospel
  1563 March 30, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […]
  Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how to live the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.
  2006, Laura Cardone, Motivation at Work
9. (transitive, obsolete) To live as; to live being.
  Quotations
  at leaſt admit vs libertie,Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized,By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.
  c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, (please specify the page)
10. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  Quotations
  a strong mast that lived upon the sea
  c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene ii]
11. (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
12. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

live²

/laɪv/

adjective
comparative more live, superlative most live
1. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
2. Being in existence; actual.
3. Having active properties; being energized.
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.
    Quotations
    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.
    1996, Richard Jones, Rafael Lins, Garbage Collection, page 4
5. Taken from a living animal.
6. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
7. (sports) Still in active play.
8. (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
  Quotations
  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.
  2005, Alison M. Pendergast, Play Winning Poker in No Time, page 57
9. (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
10. (of a performance or speech) In person.
11. (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
12. live, unexploded (of firearms or explosives)
13. Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
  Quotations
  A good experiment is to have a friend stand in a fixed position in a moderately live room and talk in a clear voice.
  2002, John Eargle, Chris Foreman, Audio Engineering for Sound Reinforcement, page 21
  It sounds like the instruments were recorded in a fairly live room with reverb added.
  2016, Jason Corey, Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, page 136
14. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
15. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
16. (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
17. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  Quotations
  Call it a dead language if you want to—it looks to me like those Latinites were the live boys when it came to putting a whole lot of meaning into just two or three words.
  1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post‎
18. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  Quotations
  the live carnation
  1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768
19. (slang)
  1. (dated) Energetic, attentive, active.
    Quotations
    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.
    1915, “In the Scout Cave”, in Boys' Life, volume 5, number 3, page 23
  2. Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
    Quotations
    The party was live, and the music was jammin. All over the beach people in colorful swimsuits were moving to the beat.
    1998, Kimberly S. Phillips, Purpose Lies Within, Messenger Publishing, page 119
20. (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
adverb
comparative more live, superlative most live
1. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
2. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

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