live

I

/layv/ adv.

directly

to come live (this telecast is coming to you live from Wimbledon)

II

/liv/ v.

1) to live dangerously; high

2) (d; intr.) to live by ('to adhere to') (to live by certain principles)

3) (d; intr.) ('to exist') to live for (they live only for their children)

4) (d; intr.) ('to subsist') to live off, on (they live on her salary; you cannot live on love alone; to live off one's parents)

5) (D; intr.) ('to survive') to live to (she lived to ninety)

6) (d; intr.) ('to cohabit') to live with (they live with each other) 7 (colloq.) (d; intr.) to live with ('to tolerate') (can you live with this arrangement?)

8) (E) she lived to regret her decision; he lived to be ninety

9) (P; intr.) ('to reside') to live in the country

10) (misc.) they live beyond their means ('they spend more than they earn'); to live from hand to mouth ('to eke out a bare living'); to live from day to day ('to be concerned only with the present'); to live together ('to cohabit')

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[laɪv]

he lived to be ninety

high

to live from day to day ('to be concerned only with the present')

to live together ('to cohabit')

to live from hand to mouth ('to eke out a bare living')

on (they live on her salary; you cannot live on love alone; to live off one's parents)

(E) she lived to regret her decision

(P; intr.) ('to reside') to live in the country

(d; intr.) ('to subsist') to live off

to live dangerously

(misc.) they live beyond their means ('they spend more than they earn')

(colloq.) (d; intr.) to live with (can you live with this arrangement?; 'to tolerate')

(D; intr.) ('to survive') to live to (she lived to ninety)

(d; intr.) ('to exist') to live for (they live only for their children)

(d; intr.) ('to cohabit') to live with (they live with each other)

['directly'] to come live (this telecast is coming to you live from Wimbledon)

(d; intr.) to live by (to live by certain principles; 'to adhere to')