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live
adjective(live)actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
Synonyms: unrecorded,
Antonyms: recorded,
Examples:
A live television program.
Brought to you live from Lincoln Center.
Live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience.
Brought to you live from Lincoln Center.
Live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience.
live
adjective(live)capable of erupting
Synonyms: alive,
Examples:
A live volcano.
The volcano is very much alive.
The volcano is very much alive.
live
adjective(live)possessing life
Synonyms: alive,
Examples:
The happiest person alive.
The nerve is alive.
Doctors are working hard to keep him alive.
Burned alive.
A live canary.
The nerve is alive.
Doctors are working hard to keep him alive.
Burned alive.
A live canary.
live
adjective(live)elastic; rebounds readily
Examples:
A lively tennis ball.
live
verb(live)be an inhabitant of or reside in
Examples:
People lived in Africa millions of years ago.
live
verb(live)support oneself
Examples:
Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?.
live
verb(live)continue to live and avoid dying
Examples:
The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents.
One crash victim died, the other lived.
One crash victim died, the other lived.
live
verb(live)have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
Synonyms: experience, know,
Examples:
I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict.
The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare.
I lived through two divorces.
The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare.
I lived through two divorces.
live
adjective(live)abounding with life and energy
Examples:
The club members are a really live bunch.
live
adjective(live)charged with an explosive
Examples:
Live ammunition.
A live bomb.
A live bomb.
live
adjective(live)exerting force or containing energy
Antonyms: dead,
Examples:
Live coals.
Tossed a live cigarette out the window.
Got a shock from a live wire.
Live ore is unmined ore.
A live bomb.
A live ball is one in play.
Tossed a live cigarette out the window.
Got a shock from a live wire.
Live ore is unmined ore.
A live bomb.
A live ball is one in play.
live
adjective(live)highly reverberant
Examples:
A live concert hall.
live
adjective(live)in current use or ready for use
Examples:
Live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread.
live
verb(live)lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
Examples:
We had to live frugally after the war.
live
adjective(live)of current relevance
Examples:
A live issue.
Still a live option.
Still a live option.
live
verb(live)pursue a positive and satisfying existence
Examples:
You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live.