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live on

verb lives on · living on · 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;.

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verb to endure

Españolpermanecer
Deutschweiterleben

verb survive by consuming certain thing

Portuguêsviver de
Françaisvivre de
Deutschvon etwas leben
Italianovivere di
Românătrăi din, trăi pe

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@misc{live_on_2026,
  title = {live on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/live%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}