If someone lives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person. She has lived here for 10 years She always said I ought to live alone Where do you live? He still lives with his parents
If you say that someone lives in particular circumstances or that they live a particular kind of life, you mean that they are in those circumstances or that they have that kind of life. We lived quite grandly Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time We can start living a normal life again now
If you say that someone lives for a particular thing, you mean that it is the most important thing in their life. He lived for his work
to live hand to mouth: see hand to live beyond your means: see means to live in sin: see sin
If you live by a particular rule, belief, or ideal, you behave in the way in which it says you should behave. They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it. see also living
If people live by doing a particular activity, they get the money, food, or clothing they need by doing that activity. the last indigenous people to live by hunting These crimes were committed largely by professional criminals who lived by crime
To live means to be alive. If someone lives to a particular age, they stay alive until they are that age. He's got a terrible disease and will not live long He lived to be 103 Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age The blue whale is the largest living thing on the planet