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lives on

lives on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live on.

Meaning of live on

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure.
    • Her memory lives on in our hearts.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing.
    • When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater.
  3. (transitive) To rely on financially.
    • She lives on a stipend from her parents.
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To be defined on.
    • Let assets live on the grid #92;mathcal#123;A#125;#61;#91;a#95;1,a#95;2,#92;dots,a#95;n#93;.2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 116

Questions about lives on

What is lives on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lives on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live on.

Words near lives on in the dictionary

  1. lives it up
  2. lives large
  3. lives of their own
  4. lives off
  5. lives off the country
  6. lives on
  7. lives on the edge
  8. lives one's best life
  9. lives one's own life
  10. lives one's truth
  11. lives out

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