live
be an inhabitant of or reside in
How often you will meet it
Rank 376 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 52,672 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.025% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- be an inhabitant of or reside in also: populate, dwell, inhabit People lived in Africa millions of years agoThe people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style we had to live frugally after the war
- continue to live and avoid dying also: survive, last, live on, go, endure, hold up We went without water and food for 3 daysThese superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
- support oneself also: exist, survive, subsist he could barely exist on such a low wageCan you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
- have life, be alive also: be Our great leader is no moreMy grandfather lived until the end of war
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations also: know, experience I know the feeling!have you ever known hunger?
adjective
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing also: unrecorded a live television programbrought to you live from Lincoln Center
live in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But people DO live there, just the same.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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They live as we all should live—undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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I protest, if they don't live like Christians, I'll read them out from the altar.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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Ah, what may live, who mighty swim, Or boat-crew reach that shore forbid, Or cable span?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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There were good voices among the thousand odd workmen, and Johnny McLean could not well live without music.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1