live – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of live

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to live in
Participle: lived in
Gerund: living in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ilive in
youlive in
he;she;itlives in
welive in
youlive in
theylive in

Perfect

Ihave lived in
youhave lived in
he;she;ithas lived in
wehave lived in
youhave lived in
theyhave lived in

Past

Ilived in
youlived in
he;she;itlived in
welived in
youlived in
theylived in

Pluperfect

Ihad lived in
youhad lived in
he;she;ithad lived in
wehad lived in
youhad lived in
theyhad lived in

Future

Iwill live in
youwill live in
he;she;itwill live in
wewill live in
youwill live in
theywill live in

Future Perfect

Iwill have lived in
youwill have lived in
he;she;itwill have lived in
wewill have lived in
youwill have lived in
theywill have lived in

Subjunctive

Present

Ilive in
youlive in
he;she;itlive in
welive in
youlive in
theylive in

Perfect

Ihave lived in
youhave lived in
he;she;ithave lived in
wehave lived in
youhave lived in
theyhave lived in

Imperfect

Ilived in
youlived in
he;she;itlived in
welived in
youlived in
theylived in

Pluperfect

Ihad lived in
youhad lived in
he;she;ithad lived in
wehad lived in
youhad lived in
theyhad lived in

Conditional

Present

Iwould live in
youwould live in
he;she;itwould live in
wewould live in
youwould live in
theywould live in

Perfect

Iwould have lived in
youwould have lived in
he;she;itwould have lived in
wewould have lived in
youwould have lived in
theywould have lived in

Imperative

youlive in
weLet's live in
youlive in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam living in
youare living in
he;she;itis living in
weare living in
youare living in
theyare living in

Perfect

Ihave been living in
youhave been living in
he;she;ithas been living in
wehave been living in
youhave been living in
theyhave been living in

Past

Iwas living in
youwere living in
he;she;itwas living in
wewere living in
youwere living in
theywere living in

Pluperfect

Ihad been living in
youhad been living in
he;she;ithad been living in
wehad been living in
youhad been living in
theyhad been living in

Future

Iwill be living in
youwill be living in
he;she;itwill be living in
wewill be living in
youwill be living in
theywill be living in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been living in
youwill have been living in
he;she;itwill have been living in
wewill have been living in
youwill have been living in
theywill have been living in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be living in
youwould be living in
he;she;itwould be living in
wewould be living in
youwould be living in
theywould be living in

Perfect

Iwould have been living in
youwould have been living in
he;she;itwould have been living in
wewould have been living in
youwould have been living in
theywould have been living in

Other

Verbs similar to 'live'

bive, clive, dive, give, hive, jive, lave, leve, lie, lige,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to have permanent residence somewhere
reside
to survive
persist
to have a settled abode permanently or for a considerable time
abide, bedwell, belive, dwell, inhabit, occupy, reside, stay
to continue to exist
abide, aby, endure, go on, hold on, last, persist, remain, stick, stick it out, stick out
be
exist, breathe, continue, move, subsist
reside
dwell, abide, inhabit

Antonyms

to stop living; to become dead
be born, breathe, rise from the dead, subsist, die

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. lifian (Anglian), libban (W.Saxon) "to be alive," also "to supply oneself with food, to pass life (in some condition)," from P.Gmc. stem *libæ (cf. O.N. lifa, O.Fris. libba, Ger. leben, Goth. liban "to live"), from PIE base *leip- "to remain, continue" (cf. Gk. liparein "to persist, persevere;" see leave).
"According to the Dutch Prouerbe ... Leuen ende laetan leuen, To liue and to let others liue." [Malynes, 1622]
To live it up "live gaily and extravagantly" is from 1951. To live up to "act in accordance with" is from 1694. To live (something) down "outwear (some slander or embarrassment)" is from 1842. To live with "cohabit as husband and wife" is attested from 1749; sense of "to put up with" is attested from 1937. Lived-in "inhabited, occupied" is first recorded 1873. Live-in (adj.) first attested, 1955. Liveable "suitable for living in" is from 1814, first attested in "Mansfield Park." Expression live and learn is attested from c.1620.
2. From Middle English lefe, lifen, libbe, libben, live, luvien, lyven, from Old English libban, lifian (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Yola live (“to live”), North Frisian laawe, lawe, lewe, lewi, lewwe, lääwe (“to live”), Saterland Frisian lieuwje, líeuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Alemannic German läbe (“to live”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno lem (“to live”), Dutch leeven, leven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), German Low German lęven (“to live”), Limburgish leve, léëve (“to live”), Luxembourgish liewen (“to live”), Vilamovian łaowa (“to live”), Yiddish לעבן (lebn, “to live”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål leve (“to live”), Faroese liva (“to live”), Icelandic lifa (“to live”), Norwegian Nynorsk leva, leve, liva (“to live”), Swedish leva (“to live”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban, “to live”); also Latin lippus (“half-sighted, myopic”), Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat, tallow”), Lithuanian lipti (“to stick”), Bulgarian лепя́ (lepjá, “to glue, paste, stick; to plaster, smear”), Czech lepit (“to glue, stick”), Macedonian лепи (lepi, “to glue, stick”), Polish lepić (“to mold; to glue, paste; to stick”), Russian лепи́ть (lepítʹ, “to fashion, sculpt, shape”), Serbo-Croatian лепити, лије́пити, lépiti, lijépiti (“to glue, paste; to stick”), Slovak lepiť (“to stick”), Slovene lepiti (“to stick”), Ukrainian ліпити (lipyty, “to mould, shape”), Sanskrit लिप् (lip, “to anoint, smear; to defile, soil, taint”), रिप् (rip, “deceit, fraud; injury; enemy, traitor”). See: Old English 'libban', Proto-Germanic '*libjaną', Frisian, Northern 'laawe', Frisian, Saterlandic 'lieuwje', Alemannic German 'läbe', Dutch 'leeven', German, old spelling 'leben', Luxembourgish 'liewen', Wymysorys 'łaowa', Faroese 'liva', Icelandic 'lifa', Norwegian, nynorsk 'leva', Swedish 'leva', Lithuanian 'lipti', Czech 'lepit', Macedonian 'лепи', Polish 'lepić', Russian 'лепи́ть', Serbo-Croatian 'лепити', Slovak 'lepiť', Slovene 'lepiti', Ukrainian 'ліпити', Sanskrit 'लिप्'.

Verbs referencing "live"

German, old spelling leben, Icelandic lifa, Norwegian, nynorsk leva, Swedish leva, Danish leve, Norwegian leve, German, Pennsylvania lewe, Faroese liva, Luxembourgish liewen, Latvian dzīvot, Proto-Slavic lьnǫti, Proto-Slavic lěpiti, Sanskrit लिम्पति, Alemannic German läbe.

Sample Sentences

  • We had experienced a pretty smart shock before coming below, which, but that we were the most sanguine people living, might have prepared us for the worst. The imaginative artist to whom I have already made allusion, has depicted in the same great work, a chamber of almost interminable perspective, furnished, as [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] time round the walls, ‘Ha ! the breakfast-room, steward—eh ? ’ We all foresaw what the answer must be: we knew the agony he suffered. He had often spoken of the saloon; had taken in and lived upon the pictorial idea; had usually given us to understand, at home, that to form a just conception of it, it would be necessary to multiply the size and furniture of an ordinary drawing-room by [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] patriarchal institution, and all that; but over and above the scene there broods a portentous shadow—the shadow of _law_. So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many _things_ belonging to a master,—so long as the failure, or misfortune, or imprudence, or death of the kindest owner, may cause them any day to exchange a life of kind [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] 'm a poor, miserable, forlorn drudge; I shall only drag you down with me, that's all. What's the use of our trying to do anything, trying to know anything, trying to be anything ? What's the use of living ? I wish I was dead ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Well, then, Eliza, hear my plan. Mas’r took it into his head to send me right by here, with a note to Mr. Symmes, that lives a mile past. I believe he expected I should come here to tell you what I have. It would please him, if he thought it would aggravate ’ Shelby's folks, ’ as he calls ’ em. I 'm going home quite [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] is the hostess of this mansion, sir. It belongs to her. Nobody else has anything whatever to do with it. It is a large establishment, as you see, and requires a great number of attendants. She lives, you observe, in the very first style. She is kind enough to receive my visits, and to permit my wife and family to reside here; for which it is hardly necessary to say, we are much indebted to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] a certain amount of weazen life may mope, and pine, and shiver, all day long, the building is divided into separate rooms, each with its share of light and air. In these, the better kind of paupers live. They have a motive for exertion and becoming pride, in the desire to make these little chambers comfortable and decent. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] of painted wood, something smaller than an English watch-box; or if this comparison should be insufficient to convey a just idea of its dimensions, they may be estimated from the fact of my having lived for fourteen days and nights in the firm belief that it was a shower-bath. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The contrast would be a strong one, for it would be between the Good and Evil, the living light and deepest shadow. I abstain from it, because I deem it just to do so. But I only the more earnestly adjure all those whose eyes may rest on these pages, to pause and reflect upon the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] was not called a small steamboat without reason. I omitted to ask the question, but I should think it must have been of about half a pony power. Mr. Paap, the celebrated Dwarf, might have lived and died happily in the cabin, which was fitted with common sash-windows like an ordinary dwelling-house. These windows had bright-red curtains, too, hung on slack strings across the lower panes; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Yes. You live with your mother, Sylviane, and your sister, Lila, at 2, rue Alain Zup, in the Grande Residence complex. (First Case)
  • I know where you live. I know where you live. (Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer)
  • We 've both lived alone for so long, and... we are so very much ourselves. (Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters)
  • Since the first time I saw her, I live in terror. My life is in his hands, and not the other way around. (The Wizard of the Kremlin)
  • Oh my God! There's a sign that says Whitechapel ! I 'm right where fuckin ' Jack the Ripper lives, boys ! (Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties)