live

To have your home in a particular place.

• I live in Ankara.
• We lived near the station last year.
• Who do you live with?

How to use it: live in + place (She lives in a small village.); live at + address (He lives at 12 River Road.); live with someone (I live with my sister.)

Similar words: reside, dwell

Common phrases: live in London, live with someone, live at home

To be alive, or remain alive for a period of time.

• Some trees live for centuries.
• My uncle lived to be ninety.
• Can this fish live without water?

How to use it: live to be + age (My grandmother lived to be ninety-five.); live for + period of time (These insects live for only a few days.)

Similar words: survive

Opposites: die

Common phrases: live longer, live to ninety, live for years

To accept a difficult situation and continue your normal life despite it.

• I can live with that decision.
• We learned to live with the pain.
• Could you live without your phone for a week?

How to use it: live with something (We have learned to live with the noise.); live without someone/something (She cannot live without her daily walk.)

Similar words: cope, manage

Common phrases: live with something, live without something

To remain remembered or continue to have an effect after someone or something is gone.

• Her memory lives on.
• His spirit lives in the songs he wrote.
• The old tradition still lives through these annual celebrations.

How to use it: live on (Her ideas live on in her students.); live in something (His memory lives in our hearts.); live through something (The tradition lives through their music.)

Similar words: endure, persist, survive

Opposites: fade

Common phrases: live on, live in memory, live through something

To normally be kept in a particular place.

• The keys live in this drawer.
• Where does the bottle opener live?
• Those tools used to live in the garage.

How to use it: live in + storage place (The scissors live in this drawer.); live on + surface (The large plates live on the top shelf.)

Similar words: belong, be kept

Common phrases: live in something, live on something

Shown or heard on television, radio, or online at the same time as the event happens.

• We watched a live broadcast.
• The channel provided live coverage of the election.
• Was that interview live or recorded?

Similar words: real-time

Opposites: recorded

Common phrases: live broadcast, live coverage, live news

Alive rather than dead, especially when describing animals or plants.

• The box contains live insects.
• They sell live fish at the market.
• He used a live worm as bait.

Similar words: living, alive

Opposites: dead

Common phrases: live animals, live fish, live bait

Carrying electricity, which may give someone a shock if touched.

• Do not touch the live wire.
• The damaged cable was still live.
• An electrician checked which circuits were live.

Similar words: energized

Opposites: dead

Common phrases: live wire, live cable, live circuit