Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, 8

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Edition, 2010.
Live
1
(verb)
In a place: O [Intransitive] +adv./prep. to have your home in a particular place.
Ex. - to live in a house
[ ]

- Where do you live?
[ kun ]

- She needs to find somewhere to live.
[ ]

- We used to live in London
[ -don]

- Both her children still live at home.
[ ]

- (British English, informal) Where do these plates live (= where are they usually kept)?
[ jaan ]

Be alive: O [Intransitive] to remain alive.
Ex. - The doctors said he only had six months to live.
[ mee - ]

- Spiders can live for several days without food.
[ - - - ]

- [to do somthing] She lived to see her first grandchild.
[ter - ]

O [Intranstive] to be alive, especially at a particular time.
Ex. - When did Handel live?
[handel - ]

- H v v.
[ - ]

Type of life: O [Intransitive, Transitive] to spend your life in a particular way.
Ex. - He lived in poverty most of his life.
[ - - ]

- [something] she lived a very peaceful life.
[ter - - ]

- [+ noun] She lived and died a single woman.
[ter - ]

Be remembered: O [Intransitive] to continue to exist or be remembered [Synonym remain].
Ex. - This moment will live in our memory for many years to come.
[ - ]

- Her words have lived with me all my life.
[ -]

Have excitement: O [Intransitive] to have a full and exciting life.
Ex. - I ff f I want to live!
[ - - -]


Live
2
(adjective, adverb)
1. Adjective [usually before noun]
Not dead: O living; not dead.
Ex. - live animal
[ -]

- the number of live births (= babies born alive)
[- -]

- We saw a real live rattlesnake!
[ - ]

Not recorded: O (of a broadcast) sent out while the event is actually happening, not recorded first and broadcast
later.
Ex. - live coverage of the World Cup.
[ f- ]

O (of a performance) given or made when people are watching, not recorded.
Ex. - The club has live music most nights.
[-- -daeng don-dtree ]

- a live recording made at Wembley Arena.
[- - - --blee]

- s new live album.
[ - - ]

- I f v I f f v (= with people watching).
[ - ]

Electricity: O (of a wire or device) connected to a source of electrical power.
Ex. - That terminal is live.
[ ]

Bullets/Matches: O still able to explode or light; ready for use.
Ex. - live ammunition
[- ]

Coals: O live coals are burning or are still hot and red.
Yogurt: O live YOGURT still contains the bacteria needed to turn milk into YOGURT.
Question/Subject: O of interest or importance at the present time.
Ex. - Pollution is still very much a live issue.
[-- - -kan]

Internet: O (of an electronic link) functioning correctly, so that it is connected to another document or page on
the Internet.
Ex. - Here are some live links to other aviation-related web pages.
[! ]
!

2. Adverb
Broadcast at the time of an actual event; played or recorded at an actual performance.
Ex. - The show is going out live.
[ - ]