Meaning

14 senses
  1. (intransitive)To be alive; to have life.

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

    leben

    житьžitʹ, прожи́тьprožítʹ

    жи́тиžýty

    have life, be alive

  2. (intransitive)To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

    I live at 2a Acacia Avenue. At that time I'd been living in a camper for about six months.

    wohnen, leben

    житьžitʹ, прожива́тьproživátʹ

    жи́тиžýty, прожива́тиprožyváty, ме́шкатиméškaty

  3. To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

    (informal, intransitive)(of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.

    I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?

  4. (intransitive)To survive; to persevere; to continue.

    überleben

    выжива́тьvyživátʹ, вы́житьvýžitʹ

    пережива́тиperežyváty, пережи́тиperežýty, вижива́тиvyžyváty

    continue to live and avoid dying

  5. (intransitive)To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.

    Her memory lives in that song.

  6. (excessive, intransitive)To cope.

    You'll just have to live with it! I can't live in a world without you.

    житьžitʹ

  7. (intransitive)To pass life in a specified manner.

    It is difficult to live in poverty. And they lived happily ever after.

  8. (transitive)To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

    To live an idle or a useful life.

    житьžitʹ

  9. (transitive)To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.

  10. (ambitransitive)To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.

    That rockslide trapped me in a cave, and I was trapped for three days, but I lived.

    No ship could live in such a storm.

    выжива́тьvyživátʹ, вы́житьvýžitʹ

  11. (intransitive)To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

    It is hard to live on the minimum wage. They lived on stale bread. Man shall not live by bread alone.

    support oneself

  12. (informal, intransitive)To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

    I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!

Examples

16826 sentences
  1. I learned to live without her.

    Я навчився жити без неї. — User55521

    ruЯ научился жить без неё. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch habe gelernt, ohne sie zu leben. — MUIRIEL

  2. Which house did you live in?

    У якому будинку ти жив? — deniko

    ruВ каком доме ты жила? — afyodor

    deIn welchem Haus hast du gewohnt? — Dejo

  3. I asked him where he lived.

    Я запитав його, де він мешкає. — deniko

    ruЯ спросил его, где он живет. — afyodor

  4. How long have you lived here?

    Як давно ви тут живете? — glossboss

    ruСколько вы уже здесь живёте? — marafon

    deWie lange wohnst du schon hier? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. My uncle lives near the school.

    Мій дядько живе біля школи. — deniko

    ruМой дядя живёт рядом со школой. — ae5s

    deMein Onkel wohnt in der Nähe der Schule. — Wolf

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
be alive:
have permanent residence:
survive, persevere, continue:
Русский
By meaning 3
be alive:
have permanent residence:
survive, persevere, continue:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
be alive:
have permanent residence:
survive, persevere, continue:

Origin

From Middle English lefe, lifen, libbe, libben, live, luvien, lyven, from Old English libb

From Middle English lefe, lifen, libbe, libben, live, luvien, lyven, from Old English libban, lifian (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”).

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Forms

lives, living, lived, lived
Base formlive · to live
3rd person singularlives
Present participleliving
Past simplelived
Past participlelived

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylive
he, she, itlives

Past simpleLesson

all personslived

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lived
he, she, ithas lived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill live

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

18 synonyms
to survive:go on
to have permanent residence somewhere:dwell
Close in meaning

Word family

51 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • to live in
  • used to live
  • want to live
  • live in a
  • live in the
  • place to live
  • live near
  • has lived in
  • who lives in
  • live in this
  • still live in
  • live on park

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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