Collins English-English Dictionary

live [lɪv]

1. 1. vb [mainly intr] to show the characteristics of life; be alive

2. 2. vb to remain alive or in existence

3. 3. vb to exist in a specified way

   to live poorly

4. 4. vb [usually foll by in or at] to reside or dwell

   to live in London

5. 5. vb [often foll by on] to continue or last

   the pain still lives in her memory

6. 6. vb [usually foll by by] to order one's life (according to a certain philosophy, religion, etc)

7. 7. vb [foll by on, upon, or by] to support one's style of life; subsist

   to live by writing

8. 8. vb [foll by with] to endure the effects (of a crime, mistake, etc)

9. 9. vb [foll by through] to experience and survive

   he lived through the war

10. 10. vt. [tr] to pass or spend (one's life, etc)

11. 11. vt. to enjoy life to the full

    he knows how to live

12. 12. vt. [tr] to put into practice in one's daily life; express

    he lives religion every day

13. 13. vt. See also live down live in live out live together live up live with

14. 14. vt. [Etymology] Old English libban, lifian; related to Old High German liben, Old Norse lifa

live [laɪv]

1. 1. adj [prenominal] showing the characteristics of life

2. 2. adj [usually prenominal] of, relating to, or abounding in life

   the live weight of an animal

3. 3. adj [usually prenominal] of current interest; controversial

   a live issue

4. 4. adj actual

   a real live cowboy

5. 5. adj [informal] full of life and energy

6. 6. adj (of a coal, ember, etc) glowing or burning

7. 7. adj (esp of a volcano) not extinct

8. 8. adj loaded or capable of exploding

   a live bomb

9. 9. adj [radio] [television] transmitted or present at the time of performance, rather than being a recording

   a live show

10. 10. adj recorded in concert

11. 11. adj recorded in one studio take, without overdubs or splicing

12. 12. adj connected to a source of electric power

    a live circuit

13. 13. adj (esp of a colour or tone) brilliant or splendid

14. 14. adj acoustically reverberant

    a live studio

15. 15. adj [sport] (of a ball) in play

16. 16. adj (of rocks, ores, etc) not quarried or mined; native

17. 17. adj being in a state of motion or transmitting power; positively connected to a driving member

18. 18. adj [printing] (of copy) not yet having been set into type

19. 19. adj (of type that has been set) still in use

20. 20. adv during, at, or in the form of a live performance

    the show went out live

21. 21. adv [Etymology] C16: from on live alive