alive
English
/əˈlaɪv/
adj
Definitions
- Having life; living; not dead
- In a state of action; in force or operation; existent
- Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.
- Sprightly; lively; brisk.
- susceptible; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy
- (as an intensifier) out of all living creatures.
- (computer programming)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English alive inherited from Old English on līfe (in life) affix from English live.
Origin
English
live
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- LiveScript English
- aliveness English
- cross-live English
- forelive English
- forlive English
- inlive English
- keep English
- keepalive English
- livability English
- livable English
- live English
- live-in English
- live-tweet English
- liveability English
- liveaboard English
- livebearer English
- livebearing English
- livebirth English
- liveblog English
- liveblogger English
- liveborn English
- livecast English
- liveforever English
- livelock English
- liveness English
- liverock English
- livescan English
- livesome English
- livest English
- livestock English
- livestream English
- liveth English
- liveware English
- livin English
- livity English
- mislive English
- nonalive English
- nonlive English
- outlive English
- overlive English
- prelive English
- relive English
- unalive English
- unaliveness English
- underlive English
- unlive English
- workstock English
- leben German
- live German
- ライブ Japanese
- ライヴ Japanese
- on līfe Old English
- alive Middle English
- liven Middle English
- լայվ Armenian
- lifön Volapük
- live
- keep
- livin
- liveth
- livest
- relive
- inlive
- livity
- unlive
- outlive
- livable
- live-in
- forlive
- mislive
- unalive
- nonlive
- prelive
- nonalive
- livelock
- livescan
- liverock
- liveblog
- livecast
- liveborn
- livesome
- overlive
- liveware
- forelive
- liveness
- underlive
- livebirth
- workstock
- aliveness
- keepalive
- livestock
- livebearer
- liveaboard
- LiveScript
- cross-live
- livability
- livestream
- live-tweet
- liveforever
- liveability
- liveblogger
- unaliveness
- livebearing