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live-stream

live-stream is the alternative form of livestream.

Meaning of livestream

Verb

livestream (third-person singular simple present livestreams, present participle livestreaming, simple past and past participle livestreamed)

  1. (transitive) To broadcast as a live stream.
    • Post Malone raised more than $500,000 for coronavirus relief by livestreaming a Nirvana tribute concert on YouTube.2020 April 25, Alaa Elassar, “Post Malone held a Nirvana tribute concert that raised over $500,000 for coronavirus relief”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2025
    Synonyms:
    stream
  2. (transitive) To receive and watch as a live stream.
    • I'm planning to livestream the football game this weekend.

Forms of live-stream

third-person singular presentlive-streams
present participlelive-streaming
past participlelive-streamed
pastlive-streamed

Questions about live-stream

What is live-stream the alternative form of?
Live-stream is the alternative form of livestream.

Words near live-stream in the dictionary

  1. live-oakers
  2. live-out
  3. live-outs
  4. live-stock
  5. live-stocks
  6. live-stream
  7. live-streamed
  8. live-streaming
  9. live-streams
  10. live-together
  11. live-togethers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: live-stream (page history and authors); livestream (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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