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lived

[lahyvd, livd]

adjective

  1. having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usually used in combination).

    a many-lived cat.



-lived

/ /

adjective

  1. having or having had a life as specified

    short-lived

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Pronunciation Note

Lived, meaning “having a certain kind or extent of life,” is not derived from the preterit and past participle of the verb live , but from the noun life , to which the suffix -ed has been added. The original pronunciation, therefore, and one still heard, is , which retains the vowel (ī) of life. Since the f of life changes to v with the addition of this suffix, as when leaf becomes leaved, this lived is identical in spelling with the preterit and past participle lived, and conflation of the two has led to the increasingly frequent pronunciation of this lived as in such combinations as long-lived and short-lived. Both pronunciations are considered standard.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • half-lived adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lived1

A Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; life, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

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Farm laborers, many of whom have lived and worked in their communities for decades, were terrified of being rounded up and deported, separated from their families and livelihoods.

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There are so many Iowans who were promised to see their life if they lived where they wanted to, where they grew up, and worked at the local factory.

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Ms Grant lived in a neighbouring flat and was murdered, while her partner Mr Latter was also attacked, but survived.

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She said her fellow housemates lived "in stink and filth".

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Growing up in a small town in New Hampshire, Nora Princiotti lived two hours away from the nearest mall, so the Scholastic Book Fair was her lifeline to pop culture purchases.

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