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to live

to live

1.0
To have a home in a particular place
  • verb
  • /lɪv/
translation icon : vivir
  • They live by themselves in the woods.
  • people live
  • places to live
  • families live

How far from where you live was his body found?

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Examples

  • I only live three blocks from there.

  • Where are you living now?

  • How far from where you live was his body found?

  • What kind of society do we live in, Prime Minister?

  • I mean, the places that we live are like built for cars.

  • This is where we live.

  • Eleanor, please state your name, where you live, and your occupation.

  • The best part of Tucson, where I live, is the result of that indeterminacy.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In Afghanistan, many people, especially those in rural areas, live according to centuries-old traditions and beliefs.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I have always wanted to live near the ocean.

Synonyms

to reside
vsto live
91 3.0

To live in a particular place

is the general word for having a home without extra nuance
to occupy
vsto live
79 3.0

To live in a place or have a home there

is the general way to say someone has a home somewhere
to inhabit
vsto live
75 3.5

To live in a place like a house or area

is the ordinary term without stressing long term presence
to dwell
vsto live
45 3.2

To live in a place such as a house or town

is the general term without the settled nuance
to abide
vsto live
  • Archaic
30 9.9

To live in a place

is the current common term used for having a home

Antonyms

1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

52 4.5

Leave a place or job so it is free for someone else

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

Phrasal Verbs

563 3.9

To accept something unpleasant that you cannot change

230 2.7

To share a home with a romantic partner without being married

224 3.5

To meet what people expect of you

194 3.7

To stay and sleep where you work, usually in your employer's house

77 3.9

Rely on someone, a job, or savings for the food and money you need

61 3.2

To survive by using a certain food or money

38 3.2

To continue to exist after a dangerous or difficult time

34 3.7

To spend the rest of your life in a place or way you want

to live it up
  • Informal
27 7.2

Enjoy yourself in a lively, often expensive way at parties or restaurants

To keep thinking about the past and miss what is happening now

Act, sing, or play in front of people right then, not from a recording

to live large
  • Informal
9 8.2

Enjoy yourself by spending a lot on expensive things and fun

to live out
  • Jargon
7 3.9

To work in someone's home and return to your own home each day

4 7.7

Make people forget or forgive a past mistake over time

To stay in a very small dirty house that has few comforts

1 8.6

A thought that stays in your mind and bothers you

3.0

Send a program as it happens on radio or TV

To feel comfort by remembering happy times from the past

Continue without knowing what will happen next

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 Permanent

to settle down
173 3.0
to settle
463 2.5
to live
1.0
to stay
1.0
to visit
1.0

Surface Forms

live infinitive
lived past
lived past participle
living present participle
lives third person singular

Etymology

Live comes from an old English word life meaning 'life'. To live in a place is to have your 'life' there, so the verb also means to make your home or to inhabit a location.