live

Từ điển Collocation

live adj., adv.

VERBS appear, be, play He appeared live on the Song and Dance Show. Is the show live or recorded? The band have never played this song live before. | come to sb, go out This programme comes to you live from the Albert Hall. In those days the broadcasts all went out live. | be broadcast, be screened, be shown, be televised, be transmitted The match will be televised live this evening. | be recorded The CD was recorded live at a concert given last year.

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • inhabit or live in; dwell, inhabit

    People lived in Africa millions of years ago

    The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted

    this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean

  • lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

    we had to live frugally after the war

  • continue to live; endure or last; survive, last, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

    We went without water and food for 3 days

    These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America

    The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents

    how long can a person last without food and water?

  • support oneself; exist, survive, subsist

    he could barely exist on such a low wage

    Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?

    Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day

  • have life, be alive; be

    Our great leader is no more

    My grandfather lived until the end of war

  • have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; know, experience

    I know the feeling!

    have you ever known hunger?

    I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict

    The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare

    I lived through two divorces

  • pursue a positive and satisfying existence

    You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live

    adj.

  • actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; unrecorded

    a live television program

    brought to you live from Lincoln Center

    live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience

  • exerting force or containing energy

    live coals

    tossed a live cigarette out the window

    got a shock from a live wire

    live ore is unmined ore

    a live bomb

    a live ball is one in play

  • possessing life; alive(p)

    the happiest person alive

    the nerve is alive

    doctors are working hard to keep him alive

    burned alive

    a live canary

  • highly reverberant; live(a)

    a live concert hall

  • charged with an explosive

    live ammunition

    a live bomb

  • elastic; rebounds readily; bouncy, lively, resilient, springy

    clean bouncy hair

    a lively tennis ball

    as resilient as seasoned hickory

    springy turf

  • abounding with life and energy

    the club members are a really live bunch

  • in current use or ready for use

    live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread

  • of current relevance

    a live issue

    still a live option

  • charged or energized with electricity; hot

    a hot wire

    a live wire

  • capable of erupting; alive

    a live volcano

    the volcano is very much alive

    adv.

  • not recorded

    the opera was broadcast live

English Slang Dictionary

1. great:"Is it live?" -- L.L. Cool J (Is it live? [??])
2. see also can I live damn

Microsoft Computer Dictionary

adj. 1. Of or relating to real-world data or a program working with it, as opposed to test data. 2. Of or relating to audio or video that is transmitted from one site to another as it is being produced, as opposed to being recorded before broadcast time. See also synchronous transmission. 3. Capable of being manipulated by a user to cause changes in a document or part of a document.n. Used to identify a Web site that has been published to a Web server and can be browsed by site visitors. Also called: going live.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

lives|lived|living
syn.: dwell exist house inhabit occupy reside room stay
ant.: dead die