elää — meaning in English

English meaning

• live verb To be alive; to have life.

Senses

elää is used for these senses in English:

• live (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
• live (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
• live (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
• live (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

live — full definition

1. verb To be alive; to have life.
2. verb To reside somewhere; to make one's home in a place.
3. verb To spend one's life in a particular way, or to experience life fully.
4. adj Alive, or currently active/in use (as opposed to recorded, tested, or switched off).
5. adj Broadcast or performed in real time, in front of an audience, rather than pre-recorded.

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