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• live animals
• the number of live births (= babies born alive)
• we saw a real live rattlesnake!
• live coverage of the world cup

live

1. living; not dead
• live animals
• the number of live births (= babies born alive)
• We saw a real live rattlesnake!
2. sent out while the event is actually happening, not recorded first and broadcast later
• live coverage of the World Cup
3. given or made when people are watching, not recorded
• The club has live music most nights.
• a live recording made at Wembley Arena
• the band’s new live album
• It was the first interview I'd done in front of a live audience (= with people watching).
4. connected to a source of electrical power
• That terminal is live.
5. still able to explode or light; ready for use
• live ammunition
6. live coals are burning or are still hot and red
7. live yogurt still contains the bacteria needed to turn milk into yogurt
8. of interest or importance at the present time
• Pollution is still very much a live issue.
9. functioning correctly, so that it is connected to another document or page on the Internet
• See related entries: Websites
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/websites/live_4
• Here are some live links to other aviation-related web pages.
10. a person who is lively and full of energy
• See related entries: Energetic
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/energetic/live_2

Extra Examples

• I can watch the games live on TV.
• This programme comes to you live from the Albert Hall.
• In those days the broadcasts all went out live.
• Is the show live or recorded?
• Later we’ll talk live with the former New York police commissioner.
• The CD was recorded live at a concert given last year.
• The band have never played this song live before.
• The game will be televised live this evening.
• The new website is expected to go live in October.
• The show was filmed live at the Arena.
• The show will air live on June 10.
• The trial was carried live on a Chicago radio station.
• This concert comes to you live from Carnegie Hall.
• We’ll be reporting live from Beijing.
• Customs officials seized 400 live snakes packed in crates.
• I need to talk to a live person.
• The victim’s pockets were full of live ammunition.
• the number of live births

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: shortening of alive.