alive
adjective /əˈlaɪv/Definition
B1 [after verb] living, not dead: He must be 90 if he's still alive. Doctors kept him alive on a life-support machine. She's alive and well and living in New Zealand.Life and living C2 If something is alive, it continues to exist: Relatives of the missing sailors are struggling to keep their hopes alive.Existing and being
(Definition of alive adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- animate adjective
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist verb
- come through (sth) phrasal verb
- exist verb (BE)
- immortal adjective
- lead verb (LIVE)
- life cycle noun
- life expectancy noun
- life form noun
- life history noun
- life-support system noun
- lifespan noun
- living adjective (HAVING LIFE)
- living noun (PEOPLE)
- subsist verb
- subsistence noun
- survivable adjective
- survival adjective
- survival noun
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