Alive I əˈlaɪv Dead Mother Doctors Glad Hear

• we don't know whether he's alive or dead.
• is your mother still alive?
• doctors kept the baby alive for six weeks.
• i was glad to hear you're alive and well.

alive

1. living; not dead
• We don't know whether he's alive or dead.
• Is your mother still alive?
• Doctors kept the baby alive for six weeks.
• I was glad to hear you're alive and well.
• She had to steal food just to stay alive.
• He was buried alive in the earthquake.
2. full of emotion, excitement, activity, etc.
• Ed was alive with happiness.
• Her eyes were alive with interest.
3. continuing to exist
• to keep a tradition alive
• Money from charities is keeping the theatre alive.
4. full of living or moving things
• The pool was alive with goldfish.
5. aware of something; knowing something exists and is important
• to be alive to the dangers/facts/possibilities
• The government should be alive to the problems faced by industry.
6. very active, healthy or popular
• See related entries: Good health
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/good_health/alive_2
7. to make something interesting
• The pictures bring the book alive.
• The teacher brought history alive with fascinating stories.
8. to become interesting and exciting
• synonym come to life
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/life_1
• The game came alive in the second half.
• New political issues suddenly came alive after the election.
9. to become busy and full of activity
• synonym come to life
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/life_1
• The city starts to come alive after dark.
• The fishing villages come alive in spring.
10. to show interest in something and become excited about it
• She came alive as she talked about her job.
11. to criticize or punish somebody severely because you are extremely angry with them
• See related entries: Anger
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/anger/alive_3
• He’ll eat you alive if he ever finds out.
12. to defeat somebody completely in an argument, a competition, etc.
• The defence lawyers are going to eat you alive tomorrow.
13. to bite somebody many times
• I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes.

Extra Examples

• Doctors fought to keep her alive.
• Five people were found alive in the wreckage.
• For four days he seemed barely alive.
• He considered himself lucky to escape alive.
• He remained keenly alive to the dangers.
• His eyes were suddenly alive with excitement.
• I feel really alive in the country!
• I wasn’t sure if he was still alive.
• It was a very narrow escape and we are lucky to be alive.
• Lost and so far from other human life, he faced a desperate struggle to stay alive.
• My mother is still alive and kicking.
• Poor child, she looks more dead than alive.
• She realized that she had only been half alive for the last four years.
• The art of debate is alive and well in our schools.
• The city comes alive at night.
• The hall was alive with the sound of voices.
• The old customs are still very much alive in this region.
• The old rascal is still very much alive.
• The people try to keep the old traditions alive.
• The police are desperate to catch this man dead or alive.
• The wealth of detail in his book really brings it alive.
• They had little chance of returning alive.
• He is very much alive to new ideas.
• I was glad to hear you’re alive and well.
• Is your grandmother still alive?
• She had to steal food just to stay alive.
• They are alive to the fact that the opposing team has not lost a game this season.
• We don’t know whether he’s alive or dead.
• We’re all alive to the dangers of an over-centralized state.

Word Origin

• Old English on līfe, literally ‘in life’.