alive
living (used for emphasis): the proudest man alive.
in a state of action; in force or operation; active: to keep hope alive.
full of energy and spirit; lively: Grandmother's more alive than most of her contemporaries.
having the quality of life; vivid; vibrant: The room was alive with color.
Electricity. live2 (def. 13).
Idioms about alive
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of: City planners are alive to the necessity of revitalizing deteriorating neighborhoods.
alive with, filled with living things; swarming; teeming: The room was alive with mosquitoes.
look alive! pay attention! move quickly!: Look alive! We haven't got all day.
Origin of alive
1Other words for alive
Opposites for alive
Other words from alive
- a·live·ness, noun
- half-a·live, adjective
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How to use alive in a sentence
An estimated 10 quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects are alive at any given moment.
Insects can be the ultimate teaching tool for kids | By Kawahara, Ennes & Markee/The Conversation | November 20, 2020 | Popular-Science“We saw that there was a really big demand for being able to plan your time together,” says Anders Ekman, who created the Raft app, making sure he designed it in a way that was colorful and friendly, alive with emojis, GIFs and images.
She took them to her house, he was alive and well when he was here, and now he is dead when he went to Loreauville to her house.
You told me that keeping the restaurant alive in no matter what capacity, even if you are losing money, is actually an investment in its future success.
The True Cost of Keeping a Restaurant Open During a Pandemic | Charlotte Druckman | November 11, 2020 | EaterEven though the specimen may help advance scientific understanding, he would have rather seen it alive in the ocean.
Giant squid that washed ashore in South Africa is a rare glimpse of the deep-sea creature | Heather Djunga | November 10, 2020 | Washington Post
We all share a similar level of aliveness, but experience being alive in a myriad of ways.
Why do you think that talking in terms of questions and ignorance lends itself to that kind of aliveness?
Stuart Firestein, Author of ‘Ignorance,’ Says Not Knowing Is the Key to Science | Casey Schwartz | April 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe had closed her eyes, but when she opened them they shone with a new and fierce aliveness.
The Narrow House | Evelyn ScottShe was slim but no longer lanky and owned a white-hot aliveness and a grace.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLaneIt was an effect of keenness, of aliveness to the zest of the passing moment.
Kildares of Storm | Eleanor Mercein KellyThe means of expression which he had formed for himself were directed to and brought forward this aliveness.
Auguste Rodin | Rainer Maria RilkeThe night air blew through the gauze curtains, and he felt a wonderful aliveness all over his body.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel | Robert Shea
British Dictionary definitions for alive
/ (əˈlaɪv) /
(of people, animals, plants, etc) living; having life
in existence; active: they kept hope alive; the tradition was still alive
(immediately postpositive and usually used with a superlative) of those living; now living: the happiest woman alive
full of life; lively: she was wonderfully alive for her age
(usually foll by with) animated: a face alive with emotion
(foll by to) aware (of); sensitive (to)
(foll by with) teeming (with): the mattress was alive with fleas
electronics another word for live 2 (def. 11)
alive and kicking (of a person) active and in good health
look alive! hurry up! get busy!
Origin of alive
1Derived forms of alive
- aliveness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with alive
In addition to the idioms beginning with alive
- alive and kicking
- alive to
- alive with
also see:
- come alive
- eat someone alive
- look alive
- more dead than alive
- skin alive
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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