2 to spend your life in a particular way:
After a while you get used to living alone.
When you retire, you want to live a comfortable life.
He simply wants to live (out) (= experience) the rest of his days in peace.
The TV's broken - we'll just have to live without (= not have) it for a while.
She certainly lived her life to the full (= was always doing something interesting).
figurative The US is living beyond its means (= spending more than it earns).
3 to stay alive, especially by getting enough money to pay for food, a place to stay, clothing, etc.:
4 (of things that are not alive) to exist or continue to exist:
5 to have an interesting life:
6 having life:
7 (of a performance) broadcast, recorded, or seen while it is happening:
8 (of a wire) carrying or charged with electricity:
a live wire
live rounds of ammunition
live shells
10 (of a fire, coals, or a match) still burning or able to burn:
11 broadcast as it happens; performing or being performed in front of an audience:
13 to have as your home or as the place where you stay or return, esp. to sleep:
14 to stay alive by getting enough money to pay for food, a home, clothing, etc., or to stay alive by eating a particular food:
15 to spend your life in a particular way:
16 (of a performance) shown or broadcast to people watching or listening as it is happening, rather than being recorded to be shown or broadcast later:
17 carrying or charged with electricity:
The army is using live ammunition on these maneuvers.
19 a live event is broadcast or seen at the same time it is performed or happens:
20 broadcast or seen while being performed or happening:
The event will be screened live only by satellite broadcasters.
21 if a new system, especially a computer system, goes live, it starts to operate:
Mrs Jones is failing fast, and the doctor doesn't think she'll live much longer.
The study found that men who were married lived longer than those who were not.
Her joy at the birth of her son was tinged with sadness that her father had not lived to see him.
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