LIVED Definition & Meaning

lived

[ lahyvd, livd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usually used in combination):
a many-lived cat.

-lived

/ -��ɪ�� /

adjective

having or having had a life as specified
short-lived

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Pronunciation Note

Lived, meaning “having a certain kind or extent of life,” is not derived from the preterit and past participle of the verb live [liv], but from the noun life [lahyf], to which the suffix -ed has been added. The original pronunciation, therefore, and one still heard, is [lahyvd], which retains the vowel (ī) of life. Since the f of life changes to v with the addition of this suffix, as when leaf becomes leaved, this lived is identical in spelling with the preterit and past participle lived, and conflation of the two has led to the increasingly frequent pronunciation of this lived as [livd] in such combinations as long-lived and short-lived. Both pronunciations are considered standard.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of lived¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; life, -ed ³

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He told BBC News the detention of his parents - who have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years and ran education projects - had been "harrowing and exhausting" for their family.

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Haworth Parsonage is where Emily Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights and lived with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, and it was gifted to the Bronte Society in 1928.

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"Fortunately, I lived, however there are a lot of young people who unfortunately haven't," he said.

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Mr Yang had lived in the UK since 2002 and became a trusted confidant to Andrew in the wake of the interview.

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According to his LinkedIn page, Mr Chambers first lived and worked in Thailand 30 years ago, and has spent years since then lecturing and researching in the country, including writing books on its military.

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