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The correct spelling is live.
How to pronounce live
/lɪv/
verbIPA: /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.To be alive; to have life.
- 2.To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- 3.To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- 4.To cope.
- 5.To pass life in a specified manner.
noun
- 1.Life
adjective
- 1.(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
- 2.Being in existence; actual
- 3.Having active properties; being energized.
- 4.Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- 5.Taken from a living animal.
adverb
- 1.Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
- 2.Of making a performance or speech, in person.
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