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live

 
/lɪv/ v [I always + adv/prep] (HAVE A HOME)

Definition

to have as your home or as the place where you stay or return, esp. to sleep: Where do you live? We live in St. Louis now but we used to live in Cincinnati. Freshmen are required to live on campus. My brother lives with four other people in a big house.
(Definition of live v (HAVE A HOME) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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