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| live [ liv ] (past and past participle lived, present participle liv·ing, 3rd person present singular lives) |
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1. intransitive verb have life: to be alive
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2. intransitive verb stay alive: to remain alive
  lived through a serious illness
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3. intransitive verb reside: to make your home in a particular place or condition or with a particular person
lives alone
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4. transitive and intransitive verb lead particular type of existence: to spend your life in a particular way or under particular circumstances
live comfortably
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5. intransitive verb make living: to earn or make a living
lives by waiting on tables
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6. transitive and intransitive verb fully enjoy life: to enjoy life to the fullest
really knew how to live
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7. intransitive verb continue: to persist or continue in existence
Her fame lives on.
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8. transitive verb experience something: to experience or go through something
living a dream
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9. transitive and intransitive verb make life conform: to make your life conform to something such as a philosophy or religion
lived her faith
lived by strict rules
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10. intransitive verb be kept somewhere: to be found or kept in a particular place
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informal
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The spare car keys live in this drawer.
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| [ Old English libban, lifian< Indo-European, "to stick"] |
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live and learn to constantly gain new knowledge or learn from mistakes (informal)
I thought it was safe to eat the berries, but you live and learn!
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live and let live to be tolerant of others
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live it up to live or celebrate in an extravagant way (slang)
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