LIVE UP TO
Dictionary entry overview: What does live up to mean? • LIVE UP TO (verb)
The verb LIVE UP TO has 1 sense:
1. fulfil the requirements or expectations of
Familiarity information: LIVE UP TO used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LIVE UP TO (verb)
Meaning:
Fulfil the requirements or expectations of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
live up to; satisfy; fulfill; fulfil
Hypernyms (to "live up to" is one way to...):
conform to; fit; meet (satisfy a condition or restriction)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live up to"):
answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)
cover (provide for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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