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Results for: "live"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

live — be alive
→ lifa
live — have permanent residence
→ búa
→ eiga heima
live — having life
→ lifandi

More translations:

live
→ lifa
live
→ lifa (af)
live
→ búa, dvelja
live
→ lifa, búa við
live
→ lifa á, hafa lífsviðurværi af
live
→ lifandi
live
→ í beinni útsendingu
live
→ virkur
live
→ glóandi

English definitions WordNet

VERB 7

  1. inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of

    • “People lived in Africa millions of years ago”
    • “The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted”
    • “this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean”
    • “deer are populating the woods”
    Synonymspopulatedwellinhabit

  2. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

    • “we had to live frugally after the war”

  3. continue to live through hardship or adversity

    • “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?”
    Synonymssurvivelastlive ongoendurehold uphold out
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  1. support oneself

    • “he could barely exist on such a low wage”
    • “Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?”
    • “Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day”
    Synonymsexistsurvivesubsist

  2. have life, be alive

    • “Our great leader is no more”
    • “My grandfather lived until the end of war”
    Synonymsbe

  3. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

    • “I know the feeling!”
    • “have you ever known hunger?”
    • “I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict”
    • “The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare”
    • “I lived through two divorces”
    Synonymsknowexperience

  4. pursue a positive and satisfying existence

    • “You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live”

ADJECTIVE 11

  1. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

    • “a live television program”
    • “brought to you live from Lincoln Center”
    • “live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience”
    Synonymsunrecorded

  2. exerting force or containing energy

    • “live coals”
    • “tossed a live cigarette out the window”
    • “got a shock from a live wire”
    • “live ore is unmined ore”
    • “a live bomb”
    • “a live ball is one in play”

  3. possessing life

    • “the happiest person alive”
    • “the nerve is alive”
    • “doctors are working hard to keep him alive”
    • “burned alive”
    • “a live canary”
    Synonymsalive
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  1. highly reverberant

    • “a live concert hall”

  2. charged with an explosive

    • “live ammunition”
    • “a live bomb”

  3. elastic; rebounds readily

    • “clean bouncy hair”
    • “a lively tennis ball”
    • “as resilient as seasoned hickory”
    • “springy turf”
    Synonymsbouncylivelyresilientspringy

  4. abounding with life and energy

    • “the club members are a really live bunch”

  5. in current use or ready for use

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

  6. of current relevance

    • “a live issue”
    • “still a live option”

  7. charged or energized with electricity

    • “a hot wire”
    • “a live wire”
    Synonymshot

  8. capable of erupting

    • “a live volcano”
    • “the volcano is very much alive”
    Synonymsalive

ADVERB 1

  1. not recorded

    • “the opera was broadcast live”