live
adjective
1. 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 word(s): unfilmed, untaped, unrecorded
2. exerting force or containing energy
- live coals
- tossed a live cigarette out the window
- got a shock from a live wire
Similar word(s): active, living
3. possessing life
- the happiest person alive
- the nerve is alive
- doctors are working hard to keep him alive
Similar word(s): liveborn, viable, vital, animate, alive
4. highly reverberant
- a live concert hall
Similar word(s): reverberant
5. charged with an explosive
- live ammunition
- a live bomb
Similar word(s): loaded
6. elastic; bounces easily.
- a lively tennis ball
Similar word(s): elastic, bouncy, lively, resilient, springy
7. abounding with life and energy
- the club members are a really live bunch
Similar word(s): lively
8. in current use or ready for use
- live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
Similar word(s): current
9. of current relevance
- a live issue
- still a live option
Similar word(s): current
10. charged or energized with electricity
- a live wire
11. capable of erupting
- a live volcano
- the volcano is very much alive
Similar word(s): active, alive
Sentences with live as an adjective:
- The post office will not ship live animals.
- He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
- the live spindle of a lathe
- a live ball
- The station presented a live news program every evening.
- This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
- The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
- Use caution when working near live wires.
- Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
- a live coal; live embers
- a live man, or orator
adverb
1. not recorded
- the opera was broadcast live
Sentences with live as an adverb:
- The concert was broadcast live by radio.
- He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
verb
1. be an inhabitant of or reside in
- People lived in Africa millions of years ago
Similar word(s): dwell, inhabit, populate
Definition categories: stative, be
2. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
- we had to live frugally after the war
Definition categories: stative
3. continue to live and avoid dying
- The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
- One crash victim died, the other lived
Similar word(s): endure, go, last, survive
Definition categories: stative
4. support oneself
- Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
Similar word(s): exist, subsist, survive
Definition categories: stative
5. have life, be alive
- My grandfather lived until the end of war
Similar word(s): be
Definition categories: stative
6. 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 word(s): experience, know
Definition categories: cognition, experience, see
7. pursue a positive and satisfying existence
- You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
Definition categories: stative
Sentences with live as a verb:
- He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
- I live at 2a Acacia Avenue. He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.
- Her memory lives in that song.
- You'll just have to live with it! I can't live in a world without you.
- To live an idle or a useful life.
- No ship could live in such a storm.