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- Dictionaryalive/əˈlʌɪv/
adjective
- 1. (of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead: "hopes of finding anyone still alive were fading" Similar Opposite
- 2. alert and active; animated: "Ken comes alive when he hears his music played" Similar Opposite
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living; having life; not dead: I survived the accident with minor injuries, and I was happy to be alive. Alive can also mean active and energetic or exciting: The club really comes alive on weekends. Idiom. alive and well. (Definition of alive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of alive.
1. : having life : not dead or inanimate. 2. a. : still in existence, force, or operation : active. kept hope alive. b. : still active in competition with a chance of victory. must win to stay alive in the playoffs. 3. : knowing or realizing the existence of something : sensitive. alive to the danger. 4. : marked by alertness, energy, or briskness.
living; having life; not dead: I survived the accident with minor injuries, and I was happy to be alive. Alive can also mean active and energetic or exciting: The club really comes alive on weekends. Idiom. alive and well. (Definition of alive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of alive.
Alive definition: having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.. See examples of ALIVE used in a sentence.
1. (of people, animals, plants, etc) living; having life. 2. in existence; active. they kept hope alive. the tradition was still alive. 3.(immediately postpositive and usually used with a superlative) of those living; now living. the happiest woman alive.
If you're alive, you're living — in other words, you're not dead. If your apple tree blooms in the spring, you'll know it's still alive after the long, cold winter. Living things are alive — people, animals, plants — but things can be alive figuratively as well.
to criticize or punish somebody severely because you are extremely angry with them. He’ll eat you alive if he ever finds out. to defeat somebody completely in an argument, a competition, etc. The defence lawyers are going to eat you alive tomorrow. [usually passive] (of insects, etc.) to bite somebody many times.
