Live vs Minute - What's the difference?
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(lb) To be alive; to have life.
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(lb) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
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, title= (lb) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
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To cope.
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(lb) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 19, author=Kerry Brown, title=
, passage=By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.}}
*{{quote-magazine, title=
, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist)
, passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
(lb) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
*(John Foxe) (1516/7-1587)
*:to live the Gospel
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To outlast danger; to float; said of a ship, boat, etc.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:a strong mast that lived upon the sea
(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
Being in existence; actual
Having active properties; being energized.
Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
(sports) Still in active play.
(broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
Of a performance or speech, in person.
Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
Being in a state of ignition; burning.
(obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
(obsolete) Vivid; bright.
* Thomson
Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
Of making a performance or speech, in person.
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
A short but unspecified time period.
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
(in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.
A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.
A point in time; a moment.
* Dryden
A nautical or a geographic mile.
An old coin, a half farthing.
(obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
* Jeremy Taylor
(architecture) A fixed part of a module.
Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
* Charles Dickens
* 1995, Edmund Dell, The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication of Leadership in Europe [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=us6DpQrcaVEC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&sig=8WYGZFKFxIhE4WPCpVkzDvHpO1A]
* 1996, Peter Hinchliffe, The Other Battle [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vxBK8kHLTyIC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&sig=lXg1Kvn_f1KsmB4gdOv51h5nu8I]
* 2003, David Roberts, Four Against the Arctic [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=yPsgKV7zo_kC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&sig=WNGXG6bM-ja8NDueqgtdNrCkslM]
To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
* Bancroft
Very small.
Very careful and exact, giving small details.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/fenella-saunders Fenella Saunders], magazine=(American Scientist)
, title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2013/4/tiny-lenses-see-the-big-picture Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture]
, passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
As a proper noun live
is , a variant of liv.As a verb minute is
.live
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) liven, from (etyl) ), Dutch ''leven'', Old High German ''leb?n]]'' (German ''leben''), Old Norse ''lifa'' (Swedish ''leva ), Gothic [[???????????????????? (liban).Verb
(liv)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Kim Jong-il obituary, work=The Guardian
Towards the end of poverty
Derived terms
* live and die * live and let live * live down * live for the day * live in sin * live in the past * live large * live off * live on * live on the edge * live out * live over * live over the brush * live the dream * live up * live with * long live * outlive * overlive * reliveSee also
* abide * dwell * reside * stayEtymology 2
See aliveAdjective
(-)- The post office will not ship live animals.
- He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
- the live spindle of a lathe
- a live ball
- The station presented a live news program every evening.
- This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
- The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
- Use caution when working near live wires.
- Tommy's blind was live , so he was given the option to raise.
- a live''' coal; '''live embers
- a live man, or orator
- the live carnation
Usage notes
* Live'' in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), ''alive'' is used, as in "be alive". ''Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.Synonyms
* (having life) living, alive * (electrically charged) hot * (in person) in person, in the fleshAntonyms
* (having life) dead * (capable of causing harm) blank, dummy * (electrically charged) neutral, dead * (as it happens) recorded, prerecorded * (in person) broadcast * (featuring humans) animatedDerived terms
* lively * live one * live rail * live wireCompounds
* live actors * live action * live album * live broadcast * live recordingAdverb
(en adverb)- The concert was broadcast live by radio.
- ''He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
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English
(wikipedia minute)Etymology 1
From (etyl) minute, fromNoun
(en noun)- You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
- Wait a minute , I’m not ready yet!
- We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.
- Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.
- If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes .
- I go this minute to attend the king.
- minutes and circumstances of his passion
Derived terms
* minute bell * minute book * minute glass * minute gunSynonyms
* instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic * (unit of angular measure) minute of arcVerb
(minut)- I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
- I dare say there was a vast amount of minuting , memoranduming, and dispatch-boxing, on this mighty subject.
- On 17 November 1949 Jay minuted Cripps, arguing that trade liberalization on inessentials was socially regressive.
- The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Richard Peirse, was sceptical of its findings, minuting, ‘I don’t think at this rate we could have hoped to produce the damage which is known to have been achieved.’
- Mr. Klingstadt, chief Auditor of the Admiralty of that city, sent for and examined them very particularly concerning the events which had befallen them; minuting down their answers in writing, with an intention of publishing himself an account of their extraordinary adventures.
- The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance.