live
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7.5
- adjective
- /lɪv/
- Specialized
- He said he thought Interscope Records might really wanna sign me, and he said that he has this wonderful studio with a beautiful live room.
Examples
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The concert hall is known for its live acoustics, making every note resonate beautifully.
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The open area accommodates large orchestras (more than fifty players), but it is the most acoustically live spot in the house, and to the audience, the players' heads and upper bodies become part of the stage set and action.
Academic text (1994) -
Yeah, not the live theatre.
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With a real live stage.
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It's a real live theater, all right.
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How is your live set arranged?
Blog text (7) -
Ottawa is a great town for live music.
Blog text (8) -
Their music was so much more splendid and resonant live than recorded.
Fiction book (1997) -
Singing in a space with live sound amplifies the emotion of the performance.
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He enjoys playing in venues with live acoustics that enhance the richness of his music.
Synonyms
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2.7
A sound or place where noises repeat and seem louder
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4.5
Having sounds that repeat and ring in a large empty room
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6.3
A sound that continues as echoes, like church bells in a valley
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8.0
A space that makes sounds continue and repeat like an echo
Idioms
- Informal
19
7.4
Lead a life full of risk and excitement by doing dangerous things
- Informal
17
4.8
To be very excited about something and always make it a main part of life
- NSFW
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8.4
A couple who live together and have sex without being married, often seen as wrong by some people
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8.4
To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.2
An evergreen oak tree with small, thick, spiny dark green leaves that grows on the coast of California
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8.2
An evergreen tree from the southern United States with wide, spreading branches and very hard wood
- Specialized
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8.3
A short bushy evergreen tree that grows along the west coast of North America with small thick spiny leaves
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8.3
A medium-sized evergreen oak tree with leathery spiny-edged leaves that grows in dry canyons in southwestern US and northwestern Mexico
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9.6
A small hardy plant with thick leaves that forms low clusters and small purple and white flowers
- Australian
A small bush from the tropics whose leaves fold when touched and that has sharp thorns
- Specialized
An evergreen tree with thick leaves that grows in dry hills of western North America
- Specialized
A medicine taken by mouth that contains three weakened live polio viruses to protect against polio
How Reverberant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Live comes from an old English word life meaning 'life'. A room described as live has sound that seems 'alive' and keeps ringing or echoing, so live here means having active, lively acoustics.