Word

live, v.
(lived, lives, living)
freq. cnt. 240

be an inhabitant of or reside in
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 142 freq. cnt.: 129 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

dwell inhabit live populate

sample sentences

"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"
"deer are populating the woods"

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liveable livable liver

also see

live in live out

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dwelling dweller

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inhabitation inhabitancy inhabitant

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tenant neighbor, neighbour occupy, reside, lodge in reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate people overpopulate shack up, cohabit, live together lodge camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent nest board, room

hypernym

be

lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 51 freq. cnt.: 51

live

sample sentences

"we had to live frugally after the war"

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hyponym

board move dissipate swing unlive, live down wanton vegetate pig, pig it bushwhack buccaneer bachelor, bach eke out cash out

entailment

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continue to live and avoid dying
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 63 freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

endure go hold out hold up last live live on survive

sample sentences

"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?" "One crash victim died, the other lived"

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verb group

live, be live, exist, survive, subsist

entailment

hyponym

stand up, hold up, hold water perennate live out

support oneself
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

exist live subsist survive

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

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subsister subsistence

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verb group

live, survive, last, endure, go, hold up, live on, hold out

hyponym

breathe freewheel, drift

have life, be alive
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 1

be live

sample sentences

"Our great leader is no more"
"My grandfather lived until the end of war"

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live, survive, last, endure, go, hold up, live on, hold out

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1

experience know live

sample sentences

"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"

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hypernym

experience, go through, see

hyponym

taste relive, live over

pursue a positive and satisfying existence
<verb.stative>

live

sample sentences

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

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