live
To be alive; to have lifeTo be alive; to have life.
» I learned to live without her.
Ich habe gelernt, ohne sie zu leben. — MUIRIEL
Я научился жить без неё. — al_ex_an_der
Я навчився жити без неї. — User55521
Я навчилася жити без неї. — User55521
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
14 senses(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
(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
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?
(intransitive)To survive; to persevere; to continue.
überleben
выжива́тьvyživátʹ, вы́житьvýžitʹ
пережива́тиperežyváty, пережи́тиperežýty, вижива́тиvyžyváty
continue to live and avoid dying
(intransitive)To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
Her memory lives in that song.
(excessive, intransitive)To cope.
You'll just have to live with it! I can't live in a world without you.
житьžitʹ
(intransitive)To pass life in a specified manner.
It is difficult to live in poverty. And they lived happily ever after.
(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
(transitive)To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
(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
(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
(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 sentencesI 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
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
I asked him where he lived.
Я запитав його, де він мешкає. — deniko
ruЯ спросил его, где он живет. — afyodor
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
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
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By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English lefe, lifen, libbe, libben, live, luvien, lyven, from Old English libbFrom 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, livedPhrasal verbs
9 phrasal verbs- live onйти, пітиTo endure.
- live withприйняти, прийматиTo share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.
- live upTo fulfil the expectations placed upon one.
- live offTo depend on financially.
- live outTo not reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
- live inTo reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
- live downTo live so as to subdue or refute.
- live forTo deeply enjoy or be fulfilled by something esteemed as very important in one's life.
Synonyms
18 synonymsWord family
51 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Short and long vowels — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
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