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# live

«live» in Mova's school dictionary: **to be alive** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (live, lives, lived, living) [rhymes with give]; adjective (live) [rhymes with five]; adverb (live)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To live is to be alive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#m1)

2) To live somewhere is to have your home there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#m2)

3) To live a certain way is to spend your life like that: live happily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#m3)

4) Live (adjective) means alive, not dead: live animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#m4)

5) Live means happening now, not recorded: a live show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#m5)

6) A live wire carries electricity and is dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems it is mostly a word of the story; sometimes people or animals living in a place are counted (4 people live in the house). It tells where things are, not what to do. In science: living things grow, need food and water, and reproduce. In safety: never touch a live wire. In stories: «they lived happily ever after».

### examples

- 4 people live in the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x1)
- 120 fish live in the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x2)
- They live 3 km from the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x3)
- How many animals live on the farm? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x4)
- My grandma lives in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x5)
- Penguins live in cold places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x6)
- Plants need water and light to live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x7)
- We watched the match live on TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x8)
- Never touch a live electric wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x9)
- And they lived happily ever after. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/#x10)

### note

Two sounds: «to live» (liv) and «a live show» (lyve). Trap: «lives» can be the verb (she lives here) or the plural of «life» (a cat has 9 lives, said with a long i). «Alive» comes after a verb (the fish is alive); «live» comes before a noun (live fish). Maths: no operation on its own.

### In the corpora

- [Retiring means stopping paid work for good, usually in your sixties, and living on a pension and savings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/16/)
- [Some families pay children for extra jobs, like washing the car, but tidying your own room is just part of living together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/9/)
- [Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/0/)
- [Both are normal ways to live.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/3/)
- [A tidy house helps buyers imagine living there and can sell faster or for more money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «live» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.