verb
Meaning 1
To endure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- Her memory lives on in our hearts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
live on
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verb
Meaning 2
To survive solely by consuming a certain thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To rely on financially.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- She lives on a stipend from her parents.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To be defined on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
continue to live through hardship or adversity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We went without water and food for 3 days
- These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
- The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
- how long can a person last without food and water?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: survive, last, live, go, endure, hold up, hold out
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: stand up, hold up, hold water, perennate, live out
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: weiterleben — to endure
- Latin: prōvivō — to endure
- Polish: pozostawać — to endure
- Polish: pozostać — to endure
- Polish: trwać — to endure
- Spanish: permanecer — to endure
- French: vivre de — survive by consuming certain thing
- German: von etwas leben — survive by consuming certain thing
- Irish: tar suas (ar) — survive by consuming certain thing
- Italian: vivere di — survive by consuming certain thing
- Latin: victitō — survive by consuming certain thing
- Polish: przeżywać — survive by consuming certain thing
- Polish: przeżyć — survive by consuming certain thing
- Portuguese: viver de — survive by consuming certain thing
- Romanian: trăi din — survive by consuming certain thing
- Romanian: trăi pe — survive by consuming certain thing
- Scottish Gaelic: thig suas air — survive by consuming certain thing
- Scottish Gaelic: thig beò air — survive by consuming certain thing
- Swedish: leva av — survive by consuming certain thing