LIVE


Meaning of LIVE in English

I.

verb

1 in a place

ADVERB

▪ alone

▪ together

She disapproves of unmarried couples living together.

▪ apart , separately

The two sisters have ~d apart for two years.

children living separately from their parents

▪ independently

older people still living independently

▪ communally

▪ abroad

▪ permanently

I'm not going to ~ here permanently.

VERB + LIVE

▪ come to , go to

We went to ~ in Canada when I was three.

PREPOSITION

▪ among

They ~d among the people of this remote island.

▪ at

She's ~d at this same address for four years.

▪ in

He ~s in Cape Town.

▪ near

She ~s quite near here.

▪ with

I still ~ with my parents.

PHRASES

▪ ~ at home

He's still living at home ( = with his parents ).

▪ a place to ~

young couples looking for a place to ~

2 be alive

ADVERB

▪ longer

Women ~ longer than men in general.

▪ forever

Who wants to ~ forever? I don't.

▪ happily (ever after)

All she wanted was to get married and ~ happily ever after.

▪ comfortably , well

Most of the people ~ very well, with nice houses and plenty to eat.

They'll have enough money to ~ comfortably.

▪ fully

I did want to ~ more fully.

▪ dangerously

Tonight she felt like living dangerously.

▪ amicably , harmoniously , peaceably , peacefully

the need to ~ as harmoniously as possible with everyone else

▪ quietly

He was living quietly with his family.

▪ cheaply

You can ~ there quite cheaply.

▪ frugally , modestly

They ~d frugally off a diet of beans and lentils.

▪ vicariously

She tried to ~ vicariously through her children.

PREPOSITION

▪ in

Many of the people ~ in poverty and misery.

▪ through

She ~d through two world wars.

▪ with

people living with AIDS

▪ without

I absolutely could not ~ without my cell phone!

PHRASES

▪ (for) as long as you ~

I shall remember this day for as long as I ~.

▪ learn to ~ with sth

people who are learning to ~ with disability

▪ ~ a life of sth

He's now living a life of luxury in Australia.

▪ ~ to (be) 80, 90, etc. , ~ to the age of 80, 90, etc.

She ~d to the age of 95.

▪ the world we ~ in

teaching children about the world we ~ in

Live is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ exile , ↑ inhabitant , ↑ population , ↑ refugee , ↑ settler , ↑ species

Live is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ dream , ↑ existence , ↑ fantasy , ↑ lie , ↑ life , ↑ lifestyle , ↑ lifetime , ↑ nightmare , ↑ vocation

II.

adj. , adv.

VERBS

▪ appear , be , perform , play , sing

He appeared ~ on the Song and Dance Show.

Is the show ~ or recorded?

The band have never played this song ~ before.

▪ film

The show was filmed ~ at the Arena.

▪ report , speak , talk

We'll be reporting ~ from Beijing.

Later we'll talk ~ with the former New York police commissioner.

▪ watch (sth)

I can watch the games ~ on TV.

▪ come to sb , go out

This concert comes to you ~ from Carnegie Hall.

In those days the broadcasts all went out ~.

▪ air

The show will air ~ on June 10.

▪ be broadcast , be carried ( AmE ), be screened ( BrE ), be shown , be televised , be transmitted

The trial was carried ~ on a Chicago radio station.

The game will be televised ~ this evening.

▪ be recorded

The CD was recorded ~ at a concert given last year.

PHRASES

▪ go ~

The new website is expected to go ~ in October.

Live is used with these nouns: ↑ act , ↑ album , ↑ ammunition , ↑ animal , ↑ appearance , ↑ audience , ↑ bait , ↑ band , ↑ birth , ↑ broadcast , ↑ bullet , ↑ cattle , ↑ CD , ↑ chat , ↑ chicken , ↑ coal , ↑ commentary , ↑ concert , ↑ coverage , ↑ demonstration , ↑ edition , ↑ entertainment , ↑ export , ↑ football , ↑ gig , ↑ grenade , ↑ image , ↑ interview , ↑ issue , ↑ jazz , ↑ microphone , ↑ music , ↑ orchestra , ↑ percussion , ↑ performance , ↑ performer , ↑ picture , ↑ recording , ↑ report , ↑ rock , ↑ round , ↑ show , ↑ snake , ↑ sound , ↑ television , ↑ theatre , ↑ track , ↑ transmission , ↑ update , ↑ vaccine , ↑ video , ↑ virus , ↑ wire

III.

adv.

Live is used with these verbs: ↑ broadcast , ↑ perform , ↑ play , ↑ screen , ↑ sing , ↑ televise

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .