live on
live
laÉĒv
laiv
on
ɑ:n
aan
/lˈaÉĒv ˈɒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "live on"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to live on
[phrase form: live]
01

āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to remain alive
Intransitive
to live on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old man lived on long after his doctors had given up hope.
āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āφāĻļāĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to eat only a certain type of food
Transitive: to live on a certain type of food
to live on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scavengers live on dead animals, helping to clean up ecosystems.
āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻœā§€āĻŦā§€ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāϤ āĻāĻ• āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻž

to eat mainly one type of food, often in an unhealthy or unbalanced way
Transitive: to live on one type of food
to live on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child lived on pizza, refusing to eat any other food.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϜāĻž āĻ–ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
04

āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have the amount of money needed to buy necessities
Transitive: to live on a source of income
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The retired couple lived on their pension and savings, carefully managing their expenses.
āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧇āύāĻļāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ, āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to persist in existence over time
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The memory of her kindness will live on in the hearts of those she touched.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ