Définition anglaise de “live”

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liveverb

uk ​ /lɪv/ us ​ /lɪv/

live verb (BE ALIVE)

B1 [ I ] (to continue) to be alive or have life:

He only lived a few days after the accident.
[ + to infinitive ] I hope I live to see my grandchildren.
Her granny lived to the ripe old age of 94.
Can the right to live ever be denied to any human?
She lived on well into her 90s.

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live verb (HAVE A HOME)

live in, at, etc.

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A1 to have your home somewhere:

Where do you live?
We live in Kingston.
Some students live on the University campus.
He lives with four other people in a shared house.

› [ I ] informal to be kept usually in a particular place:

Where do the knives live in your kitchen?
I'm not sure where this bowl lives.

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live verb (SPEND LIFE)

B1 [ I usually + adv/prep, T ] 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.
So the couple got married and lived happily ever after.
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).

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live verb (STAY ALIVE)

C2 [ I ] to stay alive, especially by getting enough money to pay for food, a place to stay, clothing, etc.:

For several years she lived by begging.
She has an inheritance to live off (US also live off of) so she doesn't need to work.
He only agreed to marry her so he could live off her (money).

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live verb (INTERESTING LIFE)

› [ I ] to have an interesting life:

I want to live a little before I settle down.
If you haven't seen Venice, you haven't lived.

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Idiom(s)

live (on) in the memory
live your own life
live a lie
live and breathe sth
live and let live
live by your wits
live in sin
live it up
live like a king/lord
live to fight another day
live to tell the tale
lived in
live out your dreams/fantasies
never live sth down
within living memory
you live and learn

Phrasal verb(s)

live for sth/sb
live in
live off sb/sth
live on sth
live out
live out sth
live through sth
live together
live up to sth
live with sb
live with sth

liveadjective

uk ​ /laɪv/ us ​ /laɪv/

live adjective (AS IT HAPPENS)

B1 (of a performance) broadcast, recorded, or seen while it is happening:

This evening there will be a live broadcast of the debate.
a live recording

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liveadverb

uk ​ /laɪv/ us ​ /laɪv/

› broadcast as it happens; performing or being performed in front of an audience:

I've got two tickets to see them (perform) live.
go live

› If a new system, especially a computer system, goes live, it starts to operate:

Our new payments system will go live at the beginning of next month.

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(Definition of “live” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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liveverb

us ​ /lɪv/

live verb (HAVE LIFE)

› [ I ] to be alive or have life, or to continue in this state:

Rembrandt lived in the 17th century.
This oak tree has been living for over 200 years.

live verb (HAVE A HOME)

› [ I always + adv/prep ] 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.

live verb (STAY ALIVE)

› [ I ] to stay alive by getting enough money to pay for food, a home, clothing, etc., or to stay alive by eating a particular food:

She’s so poor – I wonder how she lives.
While he’s studying for the finals, he lives on junk food.
He’s living off the money he inherited from his father.

live verb (SPEND LIFE)

› [ always + adv/prep ] to spend your life in a particular way:

[ I ] After a while you get used to living alone.
[ I ] On his income, they can afford to live well.
[ T ] She lived her whole life in a little town in New Mexico.

› [ always + adv/prep ] To live can also mean to have the full experience that life can offer:

[ I ] If you haven’t been to Alaska, you haven’t lived.

Idiom(s)

live and let live
live it up

Phrasal verb(s)

live down something
live for something
live through something
live together
live up to something
live with something
live with someone

liveadjective, adverb [ not gradable ]

us ​ /lɑɪv/

live adjective, adverb [ not gradable ] (AS IT HAPPENS)

› (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:

This evening at seven there will be a live telecast of the debate.
There will be live music (= people playing music) at the party.

liveadjective [ not gradable ]

us ​ /lɑɪv/

live adjective [ not gradable ] (CARRYING ELECTRICITY)

› carrying or charged with electricity:

You’d better test the electric outlet first to see if it’s live.

live adjective [ not gradable ] (ABLE TO EXPLODE)

› able to explode:

The army is using live ammunition on these maneuvers.

(Definition of “live” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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liveadjective

uk ​ /laɪv/ us ​ COMMUNICATIONS

› a live event is broadcast or seen at the same time it is performed or happens:

a live webcast/webinar
live broadcasts/coverage/discussions We try out ideas on thousands of customers at once, using live discussions or instant customer surveys.

liveadverb

uk ​ /laɪv/ us ​ COMMUNICATIONS

› IT broadcast or seen while being performed or happening:

The event will be screened live only by satellite broadcasters.
go live IT

› if a new system, especially a computer system, goes live, it starts to operate:

Our new payments system will go live at the end of the month.

liveverb

uk ​ /lɪv/ us ​
live beyond your means

› to spend more than you earn:

To avoid slipping into debt, don't live beyond your means.

Phrasal verb(s)

live off sb/sth
live on sth

(Definition of “live” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Are you intending to create incentives, with a view to ensuring that live transport is carried out in such a way that is actually tolerable for the animals concerned?
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Above all, it is no doubt true of the many people who work but who have wages too low to live on.
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Long live the single federal time!
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They are specifically political, not institutional, and it is in answering them that we will decide the level at which we wish to live and work together.
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The only conclusion that was made at the time was that no matter what the citizens want, they live with what is imposed on them.
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On the contrary, it is preparing working people, and this indeed at a fast rate, to live in a situation of complete and permanent insecurity.
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I would like us today to send a message to the people who live amongst us that they can do so with their right to live as a family recognised.
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Nevertheless, we must make it possible for people who live apart from relatives who are third-country nationals, to be brought together.
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Thus far, concentration has been focused mainly on raising charges rather than offering concrete incentives to live in a more environmentally aware way.
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Whole populations live in destitution.
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