live

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   not recorded

   the opera was broadcast live

2. 2
   adj

   capable of erupting

   a live volcano

3. 3
   adj

   possessing life

   the happiest person alive

4. 4
   adj

   exerting force or containing energy

   live coals

5. 5
   adj

   of current relevance

   a live issue

6. 6
   adj

   in current use or ready for use

   live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread

7. 7
   adj

   abounding with life and energy

   the club members are a really live bunch

8. 8
   adj

   actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

   a live television program

Etymology

From Middle English lefe, lifen, libbe, libben, live, luvien, lyven, from Old English libban, lifian (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”). Cognates Cognate with Yola live (“to live”), North Frisian laawe, lawe, lewe, lewi, lewwe, lääwe (“to live”), Saterland Frisian lieuwje, líeuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Alemannic German lëëbe (“to live”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno lem (“to live”), Dutch leeven, leven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), German Low German lęven (“to l…