alive
/əˈlaɪv/ adjective [never before noun]Definition
NOT DEAD › living, not dead: Are your grandparents still alive?
PLACE › full of activity and excitement: The bar was alive with the sound of laughter. The city comes alive at night.
CONTINUING › continuing to exist: Local people are fighting to keep the language alive.
(Definition of alive adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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