lives

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /lɪvz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪvz
• Hyphenation: lives

Verb

lives

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of live

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /laɪvz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪvz
• Hyphenation: lives

Noun

lives

1. plural of life

Anagrams

• Elvis, Levi's, Levis, Lévis, Viels, evils, slive, veils, vleis, vlies

Latin

Verb

līvēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of līveō

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English līfes (“alive”), itself from the genitive singular of līf (“life”). For the use of the genitive in forming adverbs from nouns compare evenings (“in the evening”). More at -s (etymology 3).

Adjective

lives

1. alive, living

   Antonym: dethes

   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 901-903:

     Hir fader, that this tidinge herd anon,
     Curseth the day and time that Nature
     Shoop him to been a lives creature.

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2. lively, happy

Portuguese

Noun

lives

1. plural of live