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live

The correct spelling is live.

How to pronounce live

/lɪv/
verb

IPA: /lɪv/

Say it like: Liv-e

The correct spelling is live. To be alive; to have life. For example: "He's not expected to live for more than a few months."

Usage Examples

He's not expected to live for more than a few months.

I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.

Her memory lives in that song.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To be alive; to have life.
  2. 2.To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  3. 3.To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  4. 4.To cope.
  5. 5.To pass life in a specified manner.

noun

  1. 1.Life

adjective

  1. 1.(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  2. 2.Being in existence; actual
  3. 3.Having active properties; being energized.
  4. 4.Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
  5. 5.Taken from a living animal.

adverb

  1. 1.Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  2. 2.Of making a performance or speech, in person.

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