liveとは

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: lĭv, IPA^(key): /lɪv/
• (General American), IPA^(key): /lɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɪv

動詞

live (三人称単数 現在形 lives, 現在分詞 living, 過去形および過去分詞形 lived)

1. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

   He's not expected to live for more than a few months.

2. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

   I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.

   • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619, page 16:

     Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

3. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

   Her memory lives in that song.

   • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, will live long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.

4. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.

   You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.

5. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.

   It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.

6. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

   To live an idle or a useful life.

   • 1921, Juanita Helm Floyd, Women in the Life of Balzac:

     Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.

   • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:

     By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.

   • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:

     But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars かつ adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.

7. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Foxe

     to live the Gospel

   • 2006, Laura Cardone, Motivation at Work:

     Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how to live the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.

8. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).

   No ship could live in such a storm.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

     a strong mast that lived upon the sea

9. (intransitive, followed by "on" または "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

   It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.

10. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

    I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!

同意語

• (to have permanent residence somewhere): dwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
• (to survive): go on, last, remain; See also Thesaurus:persist

使用する際の注意点

Throughout Late Middle English and Early Modern English in Midlands and Northern dialects, the present participle form livand co-occurs with the form living.

派生語

関連する語

参考

• abide
• dwell
• reside
• stay

語源 2

See alive

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: līv, IPA^(key): /laɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /laɪv/
• Rhymes: -aɪv

形容詞

live (not comparable)

1. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.

   The post office will not ship live animals.

2. Being in existence; actual

   He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.

3. Having active properties; being energized.
4. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
5. Taken from a living animal.

   live feathers

6. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.

   the live spindle of a lathe

7. (sports) Still in active play.

   a live ball

8. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.

   The station presented a live news program every evening.

9. Of a performance or speech, in person.

   This nightclub has a live band on weekends.

10. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
11. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.

    The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.

12. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.

    Use caution when working near live wires.

13. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.

    Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.

14. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
15. Being in a state of ignition; burning.

    a live coal; live embers

16. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.

    a live man, or orator

17. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
    • Thomson

      the live carnation

使用する際の注意点

• Live in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), alive is used, as in "be alive". Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.

同意語

• (having life): living, alive
• (electrically charged): hot
• (in person): in person, in the flesh

反意語

• (having life): dead
• (capable of causing harm): blank, dummy
• (electrically charged): neutral, dead
• (as it happens): recorded, prerecorded
• (in person): broadcast
• (featuring humans): animated

派生語

複合語

• live actors
• live action
• live album
• live broadcast
• live recording

副詞

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)