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Naomi Campbell

Meaning of "live" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LIVE

Old English libban, lifian; related to Old High German libēn, Old Norse lifa.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LIVE

live  [lɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Live is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb live in English.

WHAT DOES LIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Live

Live or Live! may refer to the following things: ▪ Life ▪ Alive ▪ Living ▪ Lives ▪ Live birth ▪ Live wire ▪ Live art ▪ Live coding...

Definition of live in the English dictionary

The first definition of live in the dictionary is to show the characteristics of life; be alive. Other definition of live is to remain alive or in existence. Live is also to exist in a specified way.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LIVE

PRESENT

Present
I live
you live
he/she/it lives
we live
you live
they live
Present continuous
I am living
you are living
he/she/it is living
we are living
you are living
they are living
Present perfect
I have lived
you have lived
he/she/it has lived
we have lived
you have lived
they have lived
Present perfect continuous
I have been living
you have been living
he/she/it has been living
we have been living
you have been living
they have been living
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I lived
you lived
he/she/it lived
we lived
you lived
they lived
Past continuous
I was living
you were living
he/she/it was living
we were living
you were living
they were living
Past perfect
I had lived
you had lived
he/she/it had lived
we had lived
you had lived
they had lived
Past perfect continuous
I had been living
you had been living
he/she/it had been living
we had been living
you had been living
they had been living
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will live
you will live
he/she/it will live
we will live
you will live
they will live
Future continuous
I will be living
you will be living
he/she/it will be living
we will be living
you will be living
they will be living
Future perfect
I will have lived
you will have lived
he/she/it will have lived
we will have lived
you will have lived
they will have lived
Future perfect continuous
I will have been living
you will have been living
he/she/it will have been living
we will have been living
you will have been living
they will have been living
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would live
you would live
he/she/it would live
we would live
you would live
they would live
Conditional continuous
I would be living
you would be living
he/she/it would be living
we would be living
you would be living
they would be living
Conditional perfect
I would have live
you would have live
he/she/it would have live
we would have live
you would have live
they would have live
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been living
you would have been living
he/she/it would have been living
we would have been living
you would have been living
they would have been living
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you live
we let´s live
you live
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to live
Past participle
lived
Present Participle
living
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIVE

livableness
live and let live
live axle
live birth
live by one´s wits
live centre
live data
live down
live high on the hog
live in
live in sin
live it up
live load
live oak
live out
live rail
live steam
live together
live trap
live up

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIVE

active
alive
alternative
archive
arrive
automotive
competitive
comprehensive
cooperative
creative
drive
effective
exclusive
executive
expensive
extensive
five
give
in the negative
interactive

Synonyms and antonyms of live in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «live» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of live

Translation of «live» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIVE

Find out the translation of live to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of live from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «live» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

活的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vivo
570 millions of speakers

English

live
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حَيٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

живой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vivant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidup
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lebend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生きている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

살아 있는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manggon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trực tiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாழ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राहतात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

canlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żywy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

живий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

viu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζωντανός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

levande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

levende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of live

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVE»

The term «live» is very widely used and occupies the 402 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of live
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «live».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «live» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «live» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about live

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «LIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word live.
1
Christopher Abbott
Once I realized I wanted live in New York, I saved enough money that I wouldn't have to get a job right away. That was important to me, to focus on acting; I didn't want to come here and just fall into the mix.
2
Ashanti
I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard.
3
Dusty Baker
I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning and what else, turkey burgers, turkey bacon, and that kind of stuff. So she wants her dad to live a long time, and I do, too.
4
Danny Boyle
That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.
5
Naomi Campbell
I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it.
6
Helena Christensen
I want to live to be 120. That's when I will start worrying about my age.
7
Graham Coxon
But live shows are cool. I just got back into the idea of enjoying it live.
8
Jonathan Dee
It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.
9
Grey DeLisle
I feel like my music is just an extension of my acting. I treat the songs like scenes that tell a story... it's very similar. My favorite thing is when cartoon fans show up to my live gigs! They are always the most kick-butt audience members 'cause they're not trying to act all cool like a lot of the music fans do! It's refreshing!!
10
James Duval
I try to live instinctively. And I guess I've always enjoyed living in a fantasy world, daydreaming.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIVE»

Discover the use of live in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to live and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Eat to Live
Before the health craze that has swept the country, Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam were head of the curve as far back as the early 30's. This is the first of two books written with this simple, yet revolutionary way of eating.
Elijah Muhammad, 2008
2
Metaphors We Live By
In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how ...
George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, 2008
3
Live Sound Reinforcement: A Comprehensive Guide to P.A. and ...
Get ready to learn live sound reinforcement using the best-selling title on the subject available! The simple language, detailed illustrations, and concrete examples in this book are suitable for novice to intermediate-level users.
Scott Hunter Stark, 1996
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Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, ...
Big Data is the first big book about the next big thing. www.big-data-book.com
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth Cukier, 2013
5
Getting StartED with Windows Live Movie Maker
Learn tips for enhancing movie and sound quality, file management, menu organization, and creating interesting DVD movies to share. Who this book is for Most digital video editing applications have a steep learning curve and a thick manual.
James Floyd Kelly, 2010
6
Ways to Live Forever
Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him.
Sally Nicholls, 2008
7
Live Second: 365 Ways to Make Jesus First
The remainder of the Christian life is making the same proclamation every day, every moment. Live Second provides daily inspiration and instruction that compel Christians to strive for that simple yet challenging goal.
Doug Bender, 2012
8
Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8: Create, Produce, Perform
Live naturally presents itself as a multipurpose tool for the composer, producer, and performer. For this reason, we have taken on the task to provide an accessible way for both new and intermediate Live users to obtain critical information that ...
Assistant Professor of Sociology Keith Robinson, Keith Robinson, Huston Singletary, 2013
9
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
The classic that teaches how to truly LIVE rather than just existing from day to day. As relevant (if not more) today as it was when originally published.
Arnold Bennett, 2007
10
Can These Bones Live?: Translation, Survival, and Cultural ...
Fundamentally concerned with the means by which translation ensures the afterlife of literary and cultural texts, this book examines multiple processes of translation, temporal and spatial, through acts of intercultural exchange and ...
Bella Brodzki, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term live is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Who's there? It's Fox's 'Knock Knock Live'
You might want to spruce up your home and look presentable Tuesday, because Fox's new reality show, Knock Knock Live (9 p.m. live ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
2015 British Open Monday live leaderboard, TV schedule, tee times …
Check out the box below for live Twitter updates and photos from Twitter accounts of some of the top golfers and notable golf news feeds. «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
3
Big 12: Conference restricts football live contact - College Football …
The Big 12 will limit in-season live contact opportunities for the league's football players to no more than two times per week, the conference ... «SI.com, Jul 15»
4
WWE Raw: Live Results, Reaction and Analysis for July 20 …
Welcome to Bleacher Report's live WWE Raw coverage for July 20. Sunday's Battleground was a big night for many reasons. Charlotte picked ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
5
Once Immune To Cord-Cutting, 'King Of Live Sports' Finds Throne …
"That's what's been holding together this idea of, 'All right, I'm going to pay for this bundle of 500 live channels, because I want to watch live ... «NPR, Jul 15»
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VIDEO: Surfer fights off shark attack on live TV in South Africa | FOX …
VIDEO: Surfer fights off shark attack during competition on live TV ... Africa on Sunday, the entire event televised live by FOX Sports Australia. «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
7
'Sword in the Stone' Live-Action Remake in Development With …
Continuing their strategy of reimagining animated classics into live-action movies, Disney is developing a “Sword in the Stone” movie with ... «Variety, Jul 15»
8
George Coe Dead: Saturday Night Live Alum Dies at 86 - Us Weekly
Small screen legend George Coe has died at the age of 86. The veteran star, who was featured in the first season of Saturday Night Live, ... «Us Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Moment Penuel Mnguni fed worshippers LIVE SNAKES to test their …
Delicious: The popular pastor told his congregation that the snakes would taste like chocolate, before telling them to eat the live snake. He told ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
Live roaches found in flour at South Florida bakery | News - Home
State records show live roaches were found last week in the flour at America's Bakery in Lighthouse Point. An inspector also noted a rodent ... «Local 10, Jul 15»

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