live
To have life and not be dead.
To have life; to exist as a living being.
To stay and have your home in a place.
To have one's home in a particular place.
Happening now, not recorded before.
Broadcast, performed, or occurring at the moment it is viewed or heard.
To have a way of life or do things in a certain way.
To spend one's life in a particular way, often reflecting values, habits, or conditions.
Alive or full of energy/power.
Having life; not dead; full of energy or power.
- Base: live
- Base: live
- 3rd Person Singular: lives
- Present Participle: living
- Past: lived
live it up
3enjoy oneself extravagantly
To enjoy life by spending money and doing fun things.
- They went to Las Vegas to live it up.
- After winning the lottery, he really lived it up.
live on
1survive using something for support
To have enough food/money from something to survive.
- They had to live on bread and water for days.
- She lives on a small pension.
live up to
2meet expectations or standards
To be as good as people hoped or expected.
- The movie didn’t live up to my expectations.
- She lived up to her reputation as a great leader.
long live [someone/something]
5wish someone/something a long life
Used to say you hope someone or something will have a long life or continue for a long time.
- Long live the king!
- Long live our friendship!
live and learn
4gain knowledge from experience or mistakes
Used when you learn something new from an experience, often after making a mistake.
- I didn’t know you could eat that plant—live and learn!
- I didn’t know that would happen—well, you live and learn.
- Well, live and learn; I never thought he could speak Italian.
- He forgot his passport, but you live and learn.