LIVE


Meaning of LIVE in English

adj. 25B6; verb

the greatest mathematician who ever lived : EXIST, be alive, be, have life; breathe, draw breath, walk the earth.

I live in London : RESIDE, have one's home, have one's residence, be settled; be housed, lodge; inhabit, occupy, populate; Scottish stay; formal dwell, be domiciled.

they lived quietly : PASS/SPEND ONE'S LIFE, have a lifestyle; behave, conduct oneself; formal comport oneself.

she had lived a difficult life : EXPERIENCE, spend, pass, lead, have, go through, undergo.

Freddy lived by his wits : SURVIVE, make a living, earn one's living, eke out a living; subsist, support oneself, sustain oneself, make ends meet, keep body and soul together.

you should live a little : ENJOY ONESELF, enjoy life, have fun, live life to the full.

die, be dead.

25A0; live it up (informal) LIVE EXTRAVAGANTLY, live in the lap of luxury, live in clover; carouse, revel, enjoy oneself, have a good time, go on a spree, roister; informal party, push the boat out, paint the town red, have a ball, make whoopee; N. Amer. informal live high on/off the hog; archaic wassail.

25A0; live off/on SUBSIST ON, feed on/off, eat, consume.

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