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English to English adjective
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actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing |  | Example: a live television program
brought to you live from Lincoln Center
live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
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exerting force or containing energy | | Example: live coals
tossed a live cigarette out the window
got a shock from a live wire
live ore is unmined ore
a live bomb
a live ball is one in play
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possessing life | | Example: the happiest person alive
the nerve is alive
doctors are working hard to keep him alive
burned alive
a live canary
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Having life; alive; living; not dead. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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highly reverberant | | Example: a live concert hall
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charged with an explosive | | Example: live ammunition
a live bomb
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elastic; rebounds readily | | Example: clean bouncy hair
a lively tennis ball
as resilient as seasoned hickory
springy turf
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abounding with life and energy | | Example: the club members are a really live bunch
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in current use or ready for use | | Example: live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
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of current relevance | | Example: a live issue
still a live option
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charged or energized with electricity | | Example: a hot wire
a live wire
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capable of erupting | | Example: a live volcano
the volcano is very much alive
source: wordnet30 adverb
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not recorded | | Example: the opera was broadcast live
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Life. | | source: webster1913 verb
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inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of | | Example: People lived in Africa millions of years ago
The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
deer are populating the woods
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lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style | | Example: we had to live frugally after the war
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continue to live through hardship or adversity | | Example: We went without water and food for 3 days
These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
how long can a person last without food and water?
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support oneself | | Example: he could barely exist on such a low wage
Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
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have life, be alive | | Example: Our great leader is no more
My grandfather lived until the end of war
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have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | | Example: I know the feeling!
have you ever known hunger?
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
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pursue a positive and satisfying existence | | Example: You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
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To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity. | | source: webster1913
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To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life. | | source: webster1913
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