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live

691 3.1
Happening while people watch or listen
  • adjective
  • /lɪv/
translation icon : en directo
  • It was live on CNN, live on Fox, live on MSNBC.
  • a live performance
  • live video
  • a live broadcast

Welcome back and welcome back to the live stream as well.

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Examples

  • Welcome back and welcome back to the live stream as well.

  • The concert was streamed live online, allowing fans to watch from their homes.

  • So Sarah and I are going to do a live show soon?

  • We're back to a live picture now.

  • Tune in here for the live coverage of the press conference later today.

  • Newscasts on both television and radio carried live coverage of the results throughout the evening.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Stream the NFL on CBS live on Paramount Plus.

  • Welcome to the Hackney Empire live on stage, Dan Carter.

  • A nearby TV monitor glows with the live coverage of Robin's morning press briefing.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • We're live at the Los Angeles International Speedway as the first competitor, Lightning McQueen, is arriving at the track.

Synonyms

on air
vslive
43 3.6

Broadcasting live on radio or television for the public

applies to broadcasts and performances happening as they occur, not pre recorded

Antonyms

3 3.6

Made earlier for people to watch or listen to later

2.6

Put on tape, film, or digital media to keep and play later

Idioms

to live a lie
  • Informal
22 7.2

To hide the truth about yourself by pretending something else is true

16 4.2

To have the life you always wanted after hard work

11 7.4

Lead a life full of risk and excitement by doing dangerous things

9 4.8

To be very excited about something and always make it a main part of life

8 8.4

A couple who live together and have sex without being married, often seen as wrong by some people

To have a happy, full life and treat others well

5 8.2

Have a very comfortable life with lots of money

4 8.0

Not knowing things most people know

3 7.2

To depend completely on a belief or rule

To be less known or important because someone else is more famous

To live very simply and avoid extra comforts

People who use violence are likely to die violently

To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them

7.5

A shout showing support and wishing the king a long life

the live one
  • Informal
8.6

A person who makes others laugh and enjoy themselves

Compounds

28 1.6

Music played in front of people, not from a recording

real live
  • Informal
25 3.9

Present in person and not imaginary

live birth
  • Specialized
9 3.5

A baby born showing any sign of life

7 6.0

A large tree with green leaves all year that grows in the southern United States

2 3.4

A person or animal that is not dead

live wire
  • Informal
2 4.6

A person who is very lively and full of energy

live wire
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A wire that is carrying electric current and is dangerous to touch

1 2.3

Musicians play jazz music for people at a place not from a recording

live steam
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Steam at full pressure from a boiler used to run engines or machines

A medium-sized evergreen oak tree with leathery spiny-edged leaves that grows in dry canyons in southwestern US and northwestern Mexico

California live oak
  • Specialized
8.2

An evergreen oak tree with small, thick, spiny dark green leaves that grows on the coast of California

coast live oak
  • Specialized
8.3

A short bushy evergreen tree that grows along the west coast of North America with small thick spiny leaves

live axle
  • Specialized
6.5

A bar under a vehicle that sends engine power to the wheels

live load
  • Specialized
6.1

A weight on a structure that changes, like people or vehicles

live-and-die
  • Australian
9.9

A small bush from the tropics whose leaves fold when touched and that has sharp thorns

A small brightly colored fish that gives birth to young that can swim when born

A small hardy plant with thick leaves that forms low clusters and small purple and white flowers

interior live oak
  • Specialized
9.3

An evergreen tree with thick leaves that grows in dry hills of western North America

A music show you go to in person

A medicine taken by mouth that contains three weakened live polio viruses to protect against polio

An evergreen tree from the southern United States with wide, spreading branches and very hard wood

How Immediate

real-time
  • Specialized
57 4.3
live
691 3.1
delayed
1 1.3
prerecorded
3 3.6

Surface Forms

live positive

Etymology

Live comes from an old English word life meaning 'life'. A live broadcast is like something 'alive' on the air, happening now and not recorded, so live means happening at the same time it is seen or heard.