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live with

live with verb: to share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.

Verb

live with (third-person singular simple present lives with, present participle living with, simple past and past participle lived with)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To regard as adequate or manageable although not entirely satisfactory; to accept; to tolerate.
    • France's final terms for an Indochina settlement would be terms which the United States can live with.1954 July 16, “Smith Is Ready to Enter Negotiations at Geneva”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 23 Jul 2011, page 2
    • Israelis don't like the rioting and Molotov cocktails, but they can live with it.2000 November 6, Matt Rees, “Mideast Cease-Fire: 'Peres Is Not Very Hopeful'”, in Time
  3. (euphemistic, idiomatic, transitive) To have a disability or chronic illness.

live with meaning in Tamil

Forms of live with

third-person singular presentlives with
present participleliving with
past participlelived with
pastlived with

Words formed from live with

Questions about live with

What does live with mean?
Live with means to share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.
What is live with in Tamil?
Live with in Tamil is வா. See Live with meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is live with?
Live with is a verb.
What is the past tense of live with?
The past tense of live with is lived with.

Words near live with in the dictionary

  1. live weights
  2. live well
  3. live wells
  4. live wire
  5. live wires
  6. live with
  7. live with oneself
  8. live within oneself
  9. live-action
  10. live-and-let-live
  11. live-ball era

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Adapted from Wiktionary: live with (page history and authors); live with (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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