Dictionary entry details
• LIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
Synonyms:
unrecorded; live
Context examples:
a live television program / brought to you live from Lincoln Center / live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
Similar:
unfilmed; untaped (not recorded on film or tape)
Antonym:
recorded (set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction)
Meaning:
Exerting force or containing energy
Context examples:
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
Similar:
living ((used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried)
in play (of a ball)
Also:
active ((of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt)
Antonym:
dead (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat)
Meaning:
Possessing life
Synonyms:
alive; live
Context examples:
the happiest person alive / the nerve is alive / doctors are working hard to keep him alive / burned alive / a live canary
Similar:
vital (manifesting or characteristic of life)
liveborn ((of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn)
viable (capable of life or normal growth and development)
Also:
animate (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Attribute:
aliveness; animation; life; living (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
animation; vitality (the property of being able to survive and grow)
Meaning:
Highly reverberant
Context example:
a live concert hall
Similar:
reverberant; ringing (having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected)
Meaning:
Charged with an explosive
Context examples:
live ammunition / a live bomb
Similar:
loaded ((of weapons) charged with ammunition)
Meaning:
Elastic; rebounds readily
Synonyms:
bouncy; springy; resilient; lively; live
Context examples:
clean bouncy hair / a lively tennis ball / as resilient as seasoned hickory / springy turf
Similar:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
Meaning:
Abounding with life and energy
Context example:
the club members are a really live bunch
Similar:
lively (full of life and energy)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
In current use or ready for use
Context example:
live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Domain category:
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Meaning:
Of current relevance
Context examples:
a live issue / still a live option
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Meaning:
Charged or energized with electricity
Synonyms:
live; hot
Context examples:
a hot wire / a live wire
Similar:
charged (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge)
Domain category:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Meaning:
Capable of erupting
Synonyms:
alive; live
Context examples:
a live volcano / the volcano is very much alive
Similar:
active ((of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting)
• LIVE (verb)
Meaning:
Inhabit or live in
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
live; inhabit; dwell
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "live" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
bivouac; camp; camp out; encamp; tent (live in or as if in a tent)
lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)
cohabit; shack up (room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple)
people; populate (furnish with people)
domicile; domiciliate; reside; shack (make one's home in a particular place or community)
lodge in; occupy; reside (live (in a certain place))
neighbor; neighbour (live or be located as a neighbor)
board; room (live and take one's meals at or in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
live in (live in the house where one works)
live out (work in a house where one does not live)
Meaning:
Lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
we had to live frugally after the war
"Live" entails doing...:
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
cash out (choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals)
eke out (live from day to day, as with some hardship)
bach; bachelor (lead a bachelor's existence)
buccaneer (live like a buccaneer)
bushwhack (live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla)
pig; pig it (live like a pig, in squalor)
vegetate (lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind)
wanton (indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life)
live down; unlive (live so as to annul some previous behavior)
swing (live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style)
dissipate (live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption)
move (live one's life in a specified environment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Continue to live; endure or last
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
survive; live on; last; live; endure; hold up; hold out; go
Context examples:
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?
"Live" entails doing...:
be; live (have life, be alive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
hold up; hold water; stand up (resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.)
perennate (survive from season to season, of plants)
live out (live out one's life; live to the end)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The business is going to live
Meaning:
Support oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
subsist; exist; survive; live
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
drift; freewheel (live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely)
indwell (to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle)
breathe (be alive)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Have life, be alive
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
live; be
Context examples:
Our great leader is no more / My grandfather lived until the end of war
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
experience; know; live
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "live" is one way to...):
experience; go through; see; undergo (go or live through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
taste (experience briefly)
live over; relive (experience again, often in the imagination)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pursue a positive and satisfying existence
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
• LIVE (adverb)
Meaning:
Not recorded
Context example:
the opera was broadcast live
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