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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

live on en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure.
    • Her memory lives on in our hearts.
    • He described the members and organisers of the society as "a group of enthusiasts celebrating the richness and diversity of the English language", and is convinced that whether or not enough volunteers can be found to keep the society going, their enthusiasm and love for good English will live on. 2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2016:
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing.
    • When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater.
  3. (transitive) To rely on financially.
    • She lives on a stipend from her parents.
    • I'm still living on the royalties from my first novel.
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To be defined on.
    • Let assets live on the grid #92;mathcal#123;A#125;#61;#91;a#95;1,a#95;2,#92;dots,a#95;n#93;. 2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 116:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
living on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lived on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lived on Tense=Past lexicographic
lives on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

live off

Translations (19)

it vivere di (survive by consuming certain thing) · ga tar suas (ar) (survive by consuming certain thing) · pl przeżywać (survive by consuming certain thing) · gd thig suas air (survive by consuming certain thing) · pl pozostać (to endure) · pl trwać (to endure) · fr vivre de (survive by consuming certain thing) · pt viver de (survive by consuming certain thing) · pl pozostawać (to endure) · ro trăi din (survive by consuming certain thing) · de von etwas leben (survive by consuming certain thing) · pl przeżyć (survive by consuming certain thing) · es permanecer (to endure) · de weiterleben (to endure) · gd thig beò air (survive by consuming certain thing) · la prōvivō (to endure) · la victitō (survive by consuming certain thing) · ro trăi pe (survive by consuming certain thing) · sv leva av (survive by consuming certain thing)