English-Dutch translations for live

• leven
  Onder het motto: leven en laten leven... The message here is 'Live and let live'.
  De bacterie kost levens, te veel levens. The bacterium costs lives, too many lives.
  De mensen moeten de kans krijgen een normaal leven te leiden. People must be allowed to live their lives.
• wonen
  Hier wonen mensen, geen robocops.People live here, not robocops!
  In de Europese Unie wonen bijna 500 miljoen mensen. Almost 500 million live in the EU.
  U hoeft niet in een bunker te wonen. You do not need to live in a bunker.
• rechtstreeks
  Onze burgers hebben het drama in Japan rechtstreeks kunnen volgen. Our fellow citizens have witnessed Japan's drama unfolding live.
  Zo'n duizend banen houden rechtstreeks verband met de export uit Ierland van levende dieren. About 1, 000 jobs are dependent on live exports from Ireland.
  Willen we wachten tot wij hierdoor rechtstreeks getroffen worden, vooraleer we reageren? Do we want to wait until our lives are directly affected before we act?
• huizen
  Wij willen dat mensen de door hen gekochte huizen kunnen bewonen. We want the people to be able to live in the houses they bought.
  Ze kostten mensen het leven en brachten enorme schade toe aan huizen en infrastructuren. They claimed people's lives and caused serious damage to housing and infrastructure.
  Bij deze natuurramp kwamen 222 750 personen om het leven en ongeveer 1,7 miljoen mensen werden gedwongen om hun huizen te verlaten. It claimed the lives of 222 750 people and forced around 1.7 million to leave their homes.
• levend
  Wij hebben nog geen tests op levende dieren. We still have no tests for live animals.
  Uw derde vraag had betrekking op de tests op levende dieren. Your third question concerns the live tests.
  Lange transporten met levend vee dienen te worden afgeschaft. Long hauls with live cattle must be abolished.
• live
  Hij was vanuit China via de telefoon live met ons verbonden. He was linked to us live from China by telephone.
  Ik heb de toespraak van president Assad van Syrië live bekeken. I watched the speech made by President Assad of Syria live.
• overleven
  Bovendien leveren boeren het voedsel dat wij nodig hebben om te overleven. Farmers also provide food, which we need in order to live.
  Mensen in die landen worden geen boer om van dat beroep te kunnen leven, maar om te kunnen overleven. They farm, not just for a living, but in order to live, and this makes a difference.
  Maar in de eerste plaats moet deregulering leiden tot verlichting van hun bestaan en overleven. Above all, their lives and survival should be made easier by deregulation.
• scherp
  We vrezen dat er ook met scherp is geschoten. We are concerned that live ammunition may also have been used.
  De heer Gollnisch leeft gewaagd, voortdurend op het scherp van de snede. Mr Gollnisch lives dangerously, constantly on the razor’s edge.
  Met scherp schieten is ontoelaatbaar en dient krachtig te worden veroordeeld. Using live ammunition is indefensible and demands categorical condemnation.
• verderleven
• voortbestaan
  Dat heeft tot gevolg dat het voortbestaan van de meeste bedrijven door die prijzen niet is gegarandeerd. This leads to a situation where most farms cannot live with these prices.
  Maar het neemt niet weg dat er gesloten bevolkingsgroepen naast elkaar blijven voortbestaan zonder echte integratie tot één volk. But this does not take away the fact that closed groups continue to live side by side without real integration.

Definition of live

• To be alive; to have life
• To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside
• To survive; to persevere; to continue
• To cope
• To pass life in a specified manner
• To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually
• To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life
• To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc
• To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist
• To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life
• Having life; that is alive
• Being in existence; actual
• Having active properties; being energized
• Taken from a living animal
• Imparting power; having motion
• Still in active play
• Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens
• In person
• Recorded in front of an audience and not having been edited after recording
• Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm
• Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched
• Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle
• Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”
• Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing
• Vivid; bright
• Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct
• Of making a performance or speech, in person
• life

Examples

• Hes not expected to live for more than a few months
• I live at 2a Acacia Avenue. He lives in LA, but hes staying here over the summer
• Her memory lives in that song
• Youll just have to live with it! I cant live in a world without you
• It is difficult to live in poverty. And they lived happily ever after
• To live an idle or a useful life
• No ship could live in such a storm
• It is hard to live on the minimum wage. They lived on stale bread
• Im sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!
• The post office will not ship live animals.
• He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
• live feathers
• the live spindle of a lathe
• a live, or driving, axle
• a live ball
• The station presented a live news program every evening.
• This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
• a live album
• The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
• Use caution when working near live wires.
• Tommys blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
• a live coal; live embers
• a live man, or orator
• The concert was broadcast live by radio.
• Hell be appearing live at the auditorium.

Related words

• deliver
• enliven
• liver
• olive
• alive
• sliver
• liverwort
• liverwurst
• delivery