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alive
What does alive mean?
alive (adjective): possessing life.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use alive in a sentence?
- The nerve is alive. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Doctors are working hard to keep him alive. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce alive?
/əˈlaɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does alive come from?
From Middle English alyve, alive, alife, olive, olife, on live, on life, from Old English on līfe (“alive”, literally “in life" or "in (the) body”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “alive” mean?
large in amount
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vertical; erect
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possessing life
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whole; complete
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