Meanings
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1
adj
Performed or broadcast at the moment it happens, not recorded.
We watched a live television program last night.
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2
adj
Alive; having life.
They study live animals in their natural habitat.
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3
adj
Carrying electricity or energy and able to cause harm.
Don't touch that wire; it's live.
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4
adv
As it happens, not recorded beforehand.
The concert was broadcast live around the world.
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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…