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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishlyven,libben, fromOld Englishlifian,libban(“to live; be alive”), fromProto-West Germanic*libbjan, fromProto-Germanic*libjaną, fromProto-Indo-European*leyp-(“leave, cling, linger”).

Cognate withSaterland Frisianlíeuwje(“to live”),West Frisianlibje(“to live”),Dutchleven(“to live”),German Low Germanleven,lęven(“to live”),Germanleben(“to live”),Swedishleva(“to live”),Icelandiclifa(“to live”),Gothic𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽(liban,“to live”).

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Verb

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live (third-person singular simple presentlives,present participleliving,simple past and past participlelived)

  1. (intransitive) To bealive; to havelife.
    He's not expected tolive for more than a few months.
  2. (intransitive) To havepermanentresidence somewhere, toinhabit, toreside.
    Synonym:range(fauna)
    Ilive at 2a Acacia Avenue.  At that time I'd beenliving in a camper for about six months.
    • 1892,Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, inThe Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, […],→OCLC,page16:
      Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His motherlived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests wholived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
    1. (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
      I washed your gravy boat. Where does itlive?
  3. (intransitive) Tosurvive; topersevere; tocontinue.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXI”, inIn Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC,page50:
      When Lazarus left his charnel-cave,
      ⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d,[…]
      ‘Where wert thou, brother, those four days?’
      ⁠Therelives no record of reply,
      ⁠Which telling what it is to die
      Had surely added praise to praise.
  4. (intransitive) Toendure inmemory; toescapeoblivion.
    Her memorylives in that song.
    • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, inthe Guardian‎[1]:
      He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, willlive long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.
  5. (intransitive, hyperbolic) Tocope.
    You'll just have tolive with it!  I can'tlive in a world without you.
  6. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
    It is difficult tolive in poverty.   And theylived happily ever after.
  7. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
    Tolive an idle or a useful life.
    • 1921, Juanita Helm Floyd,Women in the Life of Balzac:
      Many people write their romances, otherslive them; Honore de Balzac did both.
    • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, inThe Guardian:
      By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, andlived a life of profligacy and excess.
    • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8838, page11:
      But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that levellive lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
  8. (transitive) To acthabitually inconformity with; topractice; toexemplify in one'sway of life.
    • 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar),John Foxe,Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […],→OCLC:
      tolive the Gospel
    • 2006, Laura Cardone,Motivation at Work‎[2],→ISBN:
      Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how tolive the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.
    • 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, inThe Guardian‎[3],→ISSN:
      In short, he argues, in the modern era, “The only way to build a brand is tolive that brand. You have tolive the values and the mission, then let the customer decide.”
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To live as; to live being.
  10. (intransitive) To outlast danger;(of a ship or boat) tofloat.
    That rockslide trapped me in a cave, and I was trapped for three days, but Ilived.
    No ship couldlive in such a storm.
  11. (intransitive, followed byon,upon, orby) Tomaintain orsupport one's existence; toprovide for oneself; tofeed; tosubsist.
    It is hard tolive on the minimum wage.   Theylived on stale bread.   Man shall notlive by bread alone.
  12. (intransitive, informal) Tomake the most of life; to experience afull,richlife.
    I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there andlive!
Usage notes
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Throughout Late Middle English and Early Modern English in Midlands and Northern dialects, the present participle formlivand co-occurs with the formliving.

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Translations
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be alive
have permanent residence
survive, persevere, continue
cope
spend (one's life), pass, maintain, continue in
outlast (danger), float (of a ship, boat)
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Etymology 2

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Anapheretic form ofalive.

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Adjective

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live (comparativemorelive,superlativemostlive)

  1. (only used attributively) Havinglife; that isalive.
    The post office will not shiplive animals.
  2. Being inexistence;actual.
    He is alive example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
  3. Havingactiveproperties; beingenergized.
    Because the vaccinia virus islive, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
  4. Operational; in actual use rather than intesting etc.
    1. (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in thefutureexecution of aprogram.
      Antonym:dead
      • 1996, Richard Jones, Rafael Lins,Garbage Collection,→ISBN, page 4:
        An object in the heap islive if its address is held in a root, or there is a pointer to it held in anotherlive heap node.
  5. Taken from alivinganimal.
    live feathers
  6. (engineering)Impartingpower; havingmotion.
    thelive spindle of a lathe
    alive, or driving, axle
  7. (sports) Still in active play.
    alive ball
  8. (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
    • 2005, Alison M. Pendergast,Play Winning Poker in No Time, page57:
      As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or thoselive cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.
  9. (broadcasting) Beingbroadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
    The station presented alive news program every evening.
    Are welive?
  10. (of a performance or speech)In person.
    This nightclub has alive band on weekends.
  11. (entertainment, performing) Recorded from aperformance in front of anaudience.
    alive album
  12. Able to fire or explode(offirearms orexplosives).
    The air force practices droppinglive bombs on the uninhabited island.
  13. Of an environment wheresound isrecorded: having noticeablereverberation.
    • 2002, John Eargle, Chris Foreman,Audio Engineering for Sound Reinforcement, page21:
      A good experiment is to have a friend stand in a fixed position in a moderatelylive room and talk in a clear voice.
    • 2016, Jason Corey,Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, page136:
      It sounds like the instruments were recorded in a fairlylive room with reverb added.
  14. (circuitry)Electricallycharged orenergized, usually indicating that the item may causeelectrocution if touched.
    Use caution when working nearlive wires.
  15. (poker) Being abet which can beraised by thebettor, usually in reference to ablind orstraddle.
    Tommy's blind waslive, so he was given the option to raise.
  16. (film) Featuring humans; notanimated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  17. Being in a state ofignition;burning.
    alive coal;live embers
    • 1916 March 25,Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, inSaturday Evening Post‎[4]:
      Call it a dead language if you want to—it looks to me like those Latinites were thelive boys when it came to putting a whole lot of meaning into just two or three words.
  18. (obsolete)Vivid;bright.
  19. (slang)
    1. (dated)Energetic,attentive,active.
      alive man, or orator
      • 1915, “In the Scout Cave”, inBoys' Life, volume 5, number 3, page23:
        Now then, Bill, I've recommended to the troop that they take you in, and the fellows have all voted in favor of you. These scouts are alive bunch and they all expect you to make good.
    2. Outstanding,top-notch,exhilarating.
      • 1998, Kimberly S. Phillips,Purpose Lies Within, Messenger Publishing,→ISBN, page119:
        The party waslive, and the music was jammin. All over the beach people in colorful swimsuits were moving to the beat.
  20. (linguistics) Of asyllable in languages such asThai andBurmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
    Antonym:dead
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  • Live in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun),alive is used, as in "be alive".Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.
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having life
(broadcasting) seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens
capable of causing harm
electrically charged
being in a state of ignition; burning
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live (comparativemorelive,superlativemostlive)

  2. Of an event, as it happens; inreal time;direct.
    The concert was broadcastlive by radio.
  4. Of making a performance or speech,in person.
    He'll be appearinglive at the auditorium.
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as it happens

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Chinese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishlive, possibly viaJapaneseライブ(raibu).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hong Kong Cantonese)IPA(key): /laːi̯f⁵⁵/

Verb

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live

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) tobroadcastlive; tostream
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internetslang) to reach the end (i.e. the newestposts) on aforumthread

Noun

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live

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin)liveperformance;concert　(Classifier:場／场mc)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese)livestream(Classifier:條／条c)

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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Verbal form of the nounliv(“life”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /liːvə/,[ˈliːʊ̯ə],[ˈliːʊ]

Verb

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live (imperativeliv,infinitiveatlive,present tenseliver,past tenselivede,perfect tenseharlivet)

  1. enliven
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Used withop(“up”): live op

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromEnglishlive First attested in 1965.

Adverb

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live

  1. live(as it happens)
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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Fromliva +‎-e.

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Adverb

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live (lativeliven)

  1. (neologism)ontheleft
    Synonym:maldekstre
    Antonym:dekstre

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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    lipeä +‎-e

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    • IPA(key): /ˈliʋeˣ/,[ˈliʋe̞(ʔ)]
    • Rhymes:-iʋe
    • Syllabification(key):li‧ve
    • Hyphenation(key):li‧ve

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    live(dialectal)

    1. (Satakunta, Tavastia, Central Finland, North Karelia)synonym oflipeä(“lye”)
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    Inflection oflive (Kotus type 48*E/hame,p-v gradation)
    nominativelivelipeet
    genitivelipeenlipeiden
    lipeitten
    partitivelivettälipeitä
    illativelipeeseenlipeisiin
    lipeihin
    singularplural
    nominativelivelipeet
    accusativenom.livelipeet
    gen.lipeen
    genitivelipeenlipeiden
    lipeitten
    partitivelivettälipeitä
    inessivelipeessälipeissä
    elativelipeestälipeistä
    illativelipeeseenlipeisiin
    lipeihin
    adessivelipeellälipeillä
    ablativelipeeltälipeiltä
    allativelipeellelipeille
    essivelipeenälipeinä
    translativelipeeksilipeiksi
    abessivelipeettälipeittä
    instructive—lipein
    comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms oflive(Kotus type 48*E/hame,p-v gradation)
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    compounds

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    Etymology 2

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      FromEnglishlive.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈliʋe/,[ˈliʋe̞]
      • Rhymes:-iʋe
      • Syllabification(key):li‧ve
      • Hyphenation(key):li‧ve

      Noun

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      live

      1. (in compounds)live
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      • Chiefly used as a modifier in compound terms:
        live-esitys ―live performance
      • When used independently, almost always used in the essive singular:
        He esiintyvät tänäänlivenä areenalla.
        They will performlive today at the arena.
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      Inflection oflive (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
      nominativelivelivet
      genitivelivenlivejen
      partitiveliveälivejä
      illativeliveenliveihin
      singularplural
      nominativelivelivet
      accusativenom.livelivet
      gen.liven
      genitivelivenlivejen
      liveinrare
      partitiveliveälivejä
      inessivelivessäliveissä
      elativelivestäliveistä
      illativeliveenliveihin
      adessivelivelläliveillä
      ablativeliveltäliveiltä
      allativelivelleliveille
      essivelivenäliveinä
      translativeliveksiliveiksi
      abessivelivettäliveittä
      instructive—livein
      comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
      Possessive forms oflive(Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
      first-person singular possessor
      singularplural
      nominativeliveniliveni
      accusativenom.liveniliveni
      gen.liveni
      genitivelivenilivejeni
      liveinirare
      partitiveliveänilivejäni
      inessivelivessäniliveissäni
      elativelivestäniliveistäni
      illativeliveeniliveihini
      adessivelivelläniliveilläni
      ablativeliveltäniliveiltäni
      allativelivelleniliveilleni
      essivelivenäniliveinäni
      translativelivekseniliveikseni
      abessivelivettäniliveittäni
      instructive——
      comitative—liveineni
      second-person singular possessor
      singularplural
      nominativelivesilivesi
      accusativenom.livesilivesi
      gen.livesi
      genitivelivesilivejesi
      liveisirare
      partitiveliveäsilivejäsi
      inessivelivessäsiliveissäsi
      elativelivestäsiliveistäsi
      illativeliveesiliveihisi
      adessivelivelläsiliveilläsi
      ablativeliveltäsiliveiltäsi
      allativelivellesiliveillesi
      essivelivenäsiliveinäsi
      translativeliveksesiliveiksesi
      abessivelivettäsiliveittäsi
      instructive——
      comitative—liveinesi
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      live

      1. recorded at a concert as opposed to in a studio
      2. in real time
      3. (Quebec, Eastern Ontario) now, at this moment.

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      live m (pluralliveorlives)

      1. live stream, a video broadcast in real time, a Q&A (even written) in real time
        Synonym:direct
        comment faire unlive sur YouTube ―how to do a livestream on YouTube
        Le Mondea fait unlive pendant le confinement. -Le Monde did a live Q&A during the lockdown.

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      German

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed fromEnglishlive.

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      Adverb

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      live

      1. (broadcast, event)live(as it happens, in real time, directly)
        Synonyms:direkt,inEchtzeit

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      • There is no adjective corresponding tolive, but it can form compounds (see below).

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      Further reading

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      • “live” inDuden online
      • “live” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

      Italian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed fromEnglishlive, originally as an adjective.[1]

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      Adjective

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      live (invariable)

      1. performed or recorded live
        Synonym:dal vivo

      Noun

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      live m (invariable)

      1. live broadcast; live reporting

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      1. ^live in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
      2. ^live inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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      Latin

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      Verb

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      līvē

      1. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative oflīveō

      Middle English

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      Verb

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      live

      1. alternative form oflyven

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      live n

      1. dativesingular ofliv
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      Etymology 2

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      Borrowed fromEnglishlive.

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      live (singular and plurallive)

      1. live(some technical senses)
        1. (broadcasting)on air
        2. (of a performance or speech)in person
        3. (entertainment, performing) recorded in front of a liveaudience

      Etymology 3

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      FromOld Norsehlífa, fromProto-Germanic*hlībijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

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      live (present tenseliver,past tenselivde,past participlelivt/livd,passive infinitivelivast,present participlelivande,imperativeliv)

      1. (transitive) toshelter,protect, especially from theweather and elements
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      live n (definite singularlivet,uncountable)

      1. (rare)shelter,cover,protection, especially from the elements
        Synonyms:le,livd,ly

      Etymology 4

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      Of the nounliv n(“life”).

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      Verb

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      live (present tenselivar,past tenseliva,past participleliva,passive infinitivelivast,present participlelivande,imperativelive/liv)

      1. (ambitransitive) toliven
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      Picard

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      Etymology

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      FromLatinliber.

      Noun

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      live m (plurallives)

      1. book

      Polish

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishlive.

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      live (notcomparable,no derived adverb)

      1. (broadcasting, colloquial, postpositive)live(seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens)
      2. (colloquial, music, postpositive)live(made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

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      live (notcomparable)

      1. (colloquial, postpositive)live(as it happens)
        Synonym:na żywo
        Antonym:z puszki

      Noun

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      live m inan

      1. (broadcasting, colloquial)livetransmission
      2. (colloquial, music)liverecording(recording made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

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      Declension oflive
      singularplural
      nominativelivelive'y
      genitivelive'a/live'ulive'ów
      dativelive'owilive'om
      accusativelive'a/live'ulive'y
      instrumentallive'emlive'ami
      locativelivielive'ach
      vocativelivielive'y

      Further reading

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      • live inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • live in Polish dictionaries at PWN

      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishlive.

      Pronunciation

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      • (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈlaj.vi/[ˈlaɪ̯.vi]
        • (Southern Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ve/[ˈlaɪ̯.ve]
       

      Noun

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      live m orf (plurallives)

      1. video stream(either alive stream or a recording of a past live stream)
        Synonym:direto
        Hoje assisti àlive que fizeram na semana passada.
        Today, I've watched thestream that they did last week.

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      • Normally feminine in Brazilian Portuguese.

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      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishlive.

      Adjective

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      live m orf orn (indeclinable)

      1. live

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      Declension oflive (invariable)
      singularplural
      masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
      nominative-
      accusative      		indefinitelivelivelivelive
      definite————
      genitive-
      dative      		indefinitelivelivelivelive
      definite————

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      live

      1. live

      Swazi

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      Noun

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      líve class5 (pluralémáve class6)

      1. country

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      This noun needs aninflection-table template.

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      Noun

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      (classifierphiên) live

      1. short forlivestream

      Verb

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      live

      1. short forlivestream

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      Etymology

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      FromMiddle Englishlyven, fromOld Englishlibban, fromProto-West Germanic*libbjan.

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      Verb

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      live (present participleliveen)

      1. tolive
        • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page104:
          Lhaung mye thyelive in prosperitee;
          Long may theylive in prosperity;

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      • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page104
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