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alive
[ uh-lahyv ]
adjective
Antonyms:
- living (used for emphasis):
the proudest man alive.
- in a state of action; in force or operation; active:
to keep hope alive.
Antonyms:
- full of energy and spirit; lively:
Grandmother's more alive than most of her contemporaries.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- having the quality of life; vivid; vibrant:
The room was alive with color.
- Electricity. live 2( def 13 ).
alive
/ əˈɪ /
adjective
- (of people, animals, plants, etc) living; having life
- in existence; active
they kept hope alive
the tradition was still alive
- immediately postpositive and usually used with a superlative of those living; now living
the happiest woman alive
- full of life; lively
she was wonderfully alive for her age
- usually foll by with animated
a face alive with emotion
- foll by to aware (of); sensitive (to)
- foll by with teeming (with)
the mattress was alive with fleas
- electronics another word for live 2
- alive and kicking(of a person) active and in good health
- look alive!hurry up! get busy!
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·n noun
- -· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of alive1
Idioms and Phrases
- look alive! pay attention! move quickly!:
Look alive! We haven't got all day.
- alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
City planners are alive to the necessity of revitalizing deteriorating neighborhoods.
- alive with, filled with living things; swarming; teeming:
The room was alive with mosquitoes.
More idioms and phrases containing alive
- come alive
- eat someone alive
- look alive
- more dead than alive
- skin alive
Example Sentences
Pullman, 78, said he was "relieved" to have "come out of the end alive and able to see it being made into a book and published".
Some of the tissue that has held us together and kept us alive is already necrotic.
He said it would have killed him within two months if left untreated, adding music had kept him alive since his latest diagnosis.
Both losses have put the team in an improbable spot, needing three straight wins to keep their season alive.
Victory ended a run of five straight losses for Rajasthan to keep their slim hopes of making the knockout stages alive.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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