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Definition of 'live on'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
continue to live through hardship or adversity
"We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

Definition of 'live on'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) live on
to eat one type of food in order to survive
They lived on rice and beans for months.

2. live on
to have an amount of money to survive
How can anyone live on just $300 a month?

Translation of 'live on'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to keep oneself alive by eating He lives on fish and potatoes.
Afrikaans: leef van	Arabic: يُعْتاش على طَعام كذا	Bulgarian: преживявам на
Brazilian: sustentar-se com	Czech: být živ o	German: sich ernähren von
Danish: leve af	Greek: ζω με (για διατροφή)	Spanish: sobrevivir
Estonian: (toidul) elama	Farsi: به زندگی ادامه دادن	Finnish: syödä ravinnokseen
French: se nourrir de	Hebrew: לְהִתקַייֵם עַל-	Hindi: पर गुजारा करना
Croatian: živjeti od	Hungarian: vminél	Indonesian: menghidupi diri
Icelandic: nærast á	Italian: nutrirsi di	Japanese: ～を常食する
Korean: ...으로 먹고 살다	Lithuanian: maitintis, misti	Latvian: pārtikt
Malay: hidup dengan memakan	Dutch: leven van	Norwegian: leve av (å spise)
Polish: żywić się	Persian: به زندگی ادامه دادن	Pashto: يواځى ځان ژوندى ساتل
Portuguese: sustentar-se a	Romanian: a se hrăni cu	Russian: питаться чем-л.
Slovak: žiť na	Slovenian: živeti od	Serbian: živeti na
Swedish: leva på	Thai: ดำรงชีวิต	Turkish: ... yiyerek yaşamak
Taiwanese: 吃某物維生	Ukrainian: жити на чому	Urdu: کوئی چیز کھا کر زندہ رہنا
Vietnamese: sống bằng	Chinese: 以...为主食
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