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# Live

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Live can be a verb. It rhymes with "give". "To live" means "to be alive" (and not dead). If you live, then you have life:

- "Jesus lives!"

It can be used in a general way:

- "I live in London".
- "I live in a house".
- "You can always live in hope".

Live can be an adjective. It rhymes with "five". In television transmissions a "live" programme is one where you can see what is happening as you watch it. Sports programmes are usually "live", i.e. happening as you watch it. If they have already happened then the programme is "recorded". If a CD is a "live recording" it means a recording which was made at a concert with an audience present. If it is not a live recording it may be a recording made in a studio. "Live" can also mean "full of energy" or simply "happening now". Something that is being talked about in the newspapers at the moment can be a "live issue".

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