Definitions for lives
laɪvzlives

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Livesn.s. [the plural of life.

   So short is life, that every peasant strives,
   In a farm house, or field, to have three lives. John Donne.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lives

   of Life

2. Livesnoun

   pl. of Life

3. Lives

   alive; living; with life

4. Etymology: [Orig. a genitive sing. of life.]

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1. LiVES

   LiVES is a free video editing software and VJ tool, released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. There are binary versions available for most popular Linux distributions. There are also ports for BSD, and it will run under Solaris and IRIX. It has been compiled under OSX Leopard, but not thoroughly tested on that platform

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lives

   līvz, n. plural of life.

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1. lives

   Plural form and verb form of the word live.

   Together their lives are calm, loving and joyful.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 11, 2020  

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1. lives

   Lives vs. Lifes -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Lives and Lifes.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lives' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1329

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lives' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1628

How to pronounce lives?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lives in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lives in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lives in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of lives in a Sentence

1. Rosa DeLauro:

   If he makes the workers’ lives or the environment worse, he will have a serious price to pay.

2. Sir John Sawers:

   I think the great bulk of these refugees are people genuinely fleeing conflict, fleeing for their lives and seeking a better life for themselves and their families.

3. Steve Wagner:

   In this environment, given the threats of the assailants and the utter lack of sympathy -- or protection -- by jail officials, the women, understandably, initially kept quiet about what happened. They were in fear of their lives.

4. Alessio Fasano:

   CORONAVIRUS IN THE US : STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN The researchers found although children are less likely to get severely ill with the virus, they can easily spread it to vulnerable adults in their lives, especially if theyre in school. Roberta DeBiasi added that, based on other respiratory illnesses, children are known spreaders. The researchers also studied a rare infection that can result in heart problems fromthe childs immune response to the virus. This is a severe complication as a result of the immune response to COVID-19 infection, and the number of these patients is growing, and, as in adults with these very serious systemic complications, the heart seems to be the favorite organ targeted by post-COVID-19 immune response. She said the immune response complication should factor into vaccine production strategy. The researchers recommend wearing masks, social distancing, hand washing, a combination of in-person and remote learning and frequent testing if returning to school in the fall.

5. Archibald MacLeish:

   A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man.

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