Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having life; living. See Synonyms at living.
- adj. In existence or operation; active: keep your hopes alive.
- adj. Full of living or moving things; abounding: a pool alive with trout.
- adj. Full of activity or animation; lively: a face alive with mischief.
- idiom. alive to Aware of; sensitive to: alive to the moods of others.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In life; living; in the state in which the organs of the body perform their functions: opposed to dead: as, the man is alive.
- In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; undestroyed; unexpired: as, keep the suit alive.
- Full of alacrity; active; sprightly; lively: as, the company were all alive.
- Enlivened; animated; strongly aroused.
- Attentive; open to impressions (from); sensitive; susceptible: used with to: as, he is sufficiently alive to the beauties of nature, but yet more alive to his own interests.
- Filled as with living things; swarming; thronged: as, the city was all alive when the general entered.
- Of all living, by way of emphasis.
- In printing. See live.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
- adj. In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent
- adj. Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
- adj. Sprightly; lively; brisk.
- adj. Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
- adj. As intensifier, of all living.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having life, in opposition to
dead ; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions. - adj. In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent.
- adj. Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
- adj. Sprightly; lively; brisk.
- adj. Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
- adj. Of all living (by way of emphasis).
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of erupting
- adj. having life or vigor or spirit
- adj. possessing life
- adj. (followed by `to' or `of') aware of
- adj. (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit
- adj. in operation
- adj. mentally perceptive and responsive
Etymologies
- Old English on live, on līfe ("in life"); līfe, dative of līf ("life") (Wiktionary)
- Middle English : a-, in a specified state; see a-2 + live, life (from Old English līf; see life). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Meanwhile, he was alive ... impossible as it seemed, he was _alive_!”
“Why did he not first make him alive; and then after he found out that he _was alive_, and stirring round in the grave, call to him and tell him to come out of that dark place?”
Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary Collated from his Diary by Benjamin Funk
“Finally, plainly aware that the dam might well keep his name alive for posterity long after all other memories of his ill-starred presidency had faded, he closed with what was certainly a heartfelt request: “I hope to be present at its final completion as a bystander.””
“Dripping is a series of low-key messages and phone calls designed to keep your name alive between personal contacts.”
“It made for cheap reprint material in the Meg, helping to keep the title alive for another year.”
“And to put this story in perspective, Charles Taylor is the first elected Liberian president to end his term alive since World War II.”
“The Cuarteto Quiroga, a youthful ensemble founded in Madrid in 2004, is keeping his name alive and creating curiosity about him among listeners outside Spain, and is doing him proud.”
“He kept going as best he could, his health deteriorating, spreading goodwill with his smiling eyes, trying to keep his name alive.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘alive’.
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Public List: Two by Fives
This is an experiment in public lists--something I've been thinking about for some time. The goal is to create a collection of short, powerful, evocative words.
This is an open list. A...icy, howl, hymn, thorn, fire, vile, mist, blunt, scum, dark, shot, gleam and 221 more...
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When a door is ajar
Words with the prefix "a"
ajar, asleep, akin, ablaze, afoot, abed, aground, aback, afloat, alive, abaft, abloom and 91 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
Laban, circumcise, beget, Esau, Rebekah, speckle, Sodom, Pharaoh, Canaanite, Canaan, Jacob, Lot and 1286 more...
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EN - pronunciation fun
All words of the poem
The Chaos
by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse <...abyss, ache, actual, advice, aerie, age, ague, aisles, alas, alien, alive, allowed and 406 more...
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life, death, rebirth
vale of tears, aborning, transmigration, reincarnate, nativity, nascence, metempsychosis, palingenesis, againrising, psychopannychism, thnetopsychism, shuffle off this ... and 105 more...
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Adjectives 2
Conditions
alive, better, important, careful, clever, dead, easy, famous, gifted, helpful, inexpensive, mushy and 8 more...
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happy words
Words that cheer you up, give you happy thoughts and feelings, or just put you in a positive state of mind.
magic, childhood, dawn, smile, kitten, drizzle, friend, beach, free, love, sweet, cozy and 20 more...
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bootload's Words
grouse, beaut, ripper, gassit, hack, hacking, twit, spon, goon, rosella, magpie, galah and 184 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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describe me
charming, afectionate, addictive, selfless, patience, drastic, fond, light-heeled, fragrant, delicate, care-free, natural and 95 more...
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tragedy of the commons
insomnia, arabesque, carousal, lucifer, riot, submerge, initiate, indigo, existence, magenta, opus, sleeplessness and 145 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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