different between lively vs live

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?la?vli/

Etymology 1

From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl?? (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), equivalent to life +? -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”). Doublet of lifely.

Alternative forms

• lifely (obsolete)

Adjective

lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)

1. Full of life; energetic.
2. Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
   • 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light

     The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.

   • 1688, Robert South, Sacramental Preparation: Set forth in a Sermon on Matthew 5, 12.

     His faith must be not only living, but lively too.

3. (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
   • c. 1600, Philemon Holland

     chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves

4. (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
   • 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry

     I spied the lively picture of my father.

5. (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
6. (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "lively" is often applied: person, character, lady, woman, man, audience, personality, art, guide, activity, game, lesson, introduction, discussion, debate, writing, image, town, city, village, etc.

Synonyms

• (full of life): frisky, peppy, zestful; see also Thesaurus:active
• (vivid, strong, vigorous): intense
• (endowed with or manifesting life): extant, live, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
• (representing life): lifey, limned, naturalistic,
• (fizzy, foamy): frothy, spumescent

Derived terms

• liveliness
• look lively

Translations

Noun

lively (plural livelies)

1. (nautical, informal) Term of address.
   • 1846, Herman Melville, Typee

     Speak the word, my livelies, and I'll pilot her in.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl??e, equivalent to life +? -ly.

Adverb

lively (comparative more lively, superlative most lively)

1. Vigorously.
2. Vibrantly, vividly.
3. (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
   • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:

     the Painter Protogenes […] having perfected the image of a wearie and panting dog, […] but being unable, as he desired, lively to represent the drivel or slaver of his mouth, vexed against his owne worke, took his spunge, and moist as it was with divers colours, threw it at the picture  […].

Translations

Anagrams

• evilly, vilely

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English liven, libben, from Old English lifian, libban (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-Germanic *libjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian lieuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Dutch leven (“to live”), German Low German leven, l?ven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), Swedish leva (“to live”), Icelandic lifa (“to live”), Gothic ???????????????????? (liban, “to live”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: l?v, IPA^(key): /l?v/
• Rhymes: -?v
• Hyphenation: live

Verb

live (third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived)

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

2. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
   1. (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.

3. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
4. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.

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

6. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
7. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
   • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments

     to live the Gospel
8. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
9. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

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

Synonyms

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• abide
• dwell
• reside
• stay

Etymology 2

See alive

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: l?v, IPA^(key): /la?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /la?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Adjective

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.

   Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.

4. Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
   1. (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
      • Antonym: dead
5. Taken from a living animal.

   live feathers

6. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.

   the live spindle of a lathe

   a live, or driving, axle

7. (sports) Still in active play.

   a live ball

8. (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
   • 2005, Alison M. Pendergast, Play Winning Poker in No Time (page 57)

     As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.

9. (broadcasting) Being broadcast (“on the air”), as it happens.

   The station presented a live news program every evening.

   Are we live?

10. (of a performance or speech) In person.

    This nightclub has a live band on weekends.

11. (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.

    a live album

12. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.

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

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

    Use caution when working near live wires.

14. (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.

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

    a live coal; live embers

17. (obsolete, slang, of a person) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.

    a live man, or orator
18. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.

    • the live carnation

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• (having life): living, alive; see also Thesaurus:alive
• (being in existence): real
• (electrically charged): hot
• (in person): in person, in the flesh

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Compounds

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

Translations

Adverb

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

2. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

   The concert was broadcast live by radio.

4. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

   He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.

Translations

Noun

live (plural lives)

1. (obsolete) life

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Further reading

• live in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• live in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Levi, Viel, evil, veil, vile, vlei

Danish

Etymology 1

Verbal form of the noun liv (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?v?/, [?li????], [?li??]

Verb

live (imperative liv, infinitive at live, present tense liver, past tense livede, perfect tense har livet)

1. enliven

Usage notes

Used with op (“up”): live op

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English live [1965].

Adverb

live

1. live (as it happens)

Synonyms

• direkte

Esperanto

Adverb

live (lative liven)

1. (neologism) on the left

Synonyms

• maldekstre

Antonyms

• dekstre

Related terms

• liven

Finnish

Etymology 1

lipeä +? -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?e?/, [?li?e?(?)]
• Rhymes: -i?e
• Syllabification: li?ve

Noun

live

1. (dialectal) lye

Declension

Synonyms

• lipeä

Etymology 2

From English live.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?e/, [?li?e?]
• Rhymes: -i?e
• Syllabification: li?ve

Adjective

live (not comparable)

1. (nonstandard) live

Usage notes

• Chiefly used as modifier in compound terms:

  live-esitys

  live performance

• Almost always used in essive singular when used independently:

  He esiintyvät tänään livenä areenalla.

  They will perform live today at the arena.

Synonyms

• elävä

Anagrams

• Elvi, Veli, ilve, veli

French

Adjective

live

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Derived terms

• album live

German

Etymology

From English live.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la??f/

Adverb

live

1. (broadcast, event) live (at it happens, in real time, directly)

Usage notes

• There is no adjective corresponding to live, but it can form compounds (see below).

Synonyms

• direkt
• in Echtzeit

Derived terms

• Livekonzert, Live-Konzert
• Liveschaltung, Live-Schaltung
• Livesendung, Live-Sendung
• Liveübertragung, Live-Übertragung

Further reading

• “live” in Duden online

Italian

Adjective

live (invariable)

1. Performed or recorded live

Anagrams

• levi
• veli
• vile

Latin

Verb

l?v?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of l?ve?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²li???/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

live n

1. dative singular of liv

Usage notes

• Used only in the fixed expressions i live and til live.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English live.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l????/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

live (singular and plural live)

1. live (some technical senses)
   1. (broadcasting) on air
   2. (of a performance or speech) in person
   3. (entertainment, performing) recorded in front of a live audience

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hlífa, from Proto-Germanic *hl?bijan?. The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²li???/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

live (present tense liver, past tense livde, past participle livd/livt, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative liv)

1. (transitive) to shelter, protect, especially from the weather and elements

Alternative forms

• liva (a-infinitive)

Related terms

• livd f

Noun

live n (definite singular livet, uncountable)

1. (rare) shelter, cover, protection, especially from the elements

   Synonyms: le, livd, ly

Etymology 4

Of the noun liv n (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²li???/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

live (present tense livar, past tense liva, past participle liva, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative liv)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to liven

Alternative forms

• liva (a-infinitive)

Derived terms

• live opp

References

• “live” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• elvi, evli, leiv, Levi, veil

Picard

Etymology

From Latin liber.

Noun

live m (plural lives)

1. book

Swazi

Noun

líve 5 (plural émáve 6)

1. country

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.