live*/*/*/

[lɪv] verb I

1) to have your home in a particular place

Paris is a nice place to live.[/ex]

They lived in a flat in South London.[/ex]

I think he lives somewhere near Bath.[/ex]

Do you still live at home (= in your parents' home)?[/ex]

2) [I/T] to have a particular kind of life

Food is inexpensive here, so you can live quite cheaply.[/ex]

people living in poverty[/ex]

Millions of families are living on benefits.[/ex]

Now they have retired and want to live a quiet life.[/ex]

3) [I] to be alive, or to stay alive

Aunt Joan lived to be 86.[/ex]

Hippodamus lived in the early fifth century BC.[/ex]

He lived to see the first talking pictures.[/ex]

4) [I] to have an interesting and exciting life

Come on, you have to live a little![/ex]

•

can live with sth — used for saying that you can accept something[/ex]

[i]It's a little less than I asked for, but I can live with that.[/ex]

live it up — to do enjoyable and exciting things that involve spending a lot of money[/ex]

- live by sth

- live sth down

- live for sb/sth

- live in

- live off sb/sth

- live on

- live on sth

- live through sth

- live together

- live up to sth

- live with sb

- live with sth

II

adj

live */[laɪv]

1) living and not dead

The law deals with the transport of live animals.[/ex]

2) a live television or radio programme shows something that is happening at the same time as you are watching it or listening to it

3) a live performance is given in front of an audience

We found a bar that has live music on Friday nights.[/ex]

4) a live wire or piece of equipment is connected to the electricity supply and has electricity going through it

5) live bullets or AMMUNITION are real, rather than BLANKS or rubber or plastic bullets

III

adv

live [laɪv]

1) if something is broadcast live, it is happening at the same time as you are watching it or listening to it

2) if something is performed live, it is performed in front of an audience