lived

[lahyvd, livd]

adjective

1. having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usually used in combination).

   a many-lived cat.

-lived

/ -lɪvd /

adjective

1. having or having had a life as specified

   short-lived

Pronunciation Note

Lived, meaning “having a certain kind or extent of life,” is not derived from the preterit and past participle of the verb live , but from the noun life , to which the suffix -ed has been added. The original pronunciation, therefore, and one still heard, is , which retains the vowel (ī) of life. Since the f of life changes to v with the addition of this suffix, as when leaf becomes leaved, this lived is identical in spelling with the preterit and past participle lived, and conflation of the two has led to the increasingly frequent pronunciation of this lived as in such combinations as long-lived and short-lived. Both pronunciations are considered standard.

Other Word Forms

• half-lived adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of -lived¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; life, -ed ³

Example Sentences

The artifacts found in the new study were discovered along the present-day coastline, providing evidence that people once lived and traveled across these now-submerged landscapes.

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"My heart goes out to the suffering population, who have lived in anguish and deprivation for years," he said, calling once again for "an end to the violence".

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“I had a really, really tough time the first five years,” she said, adding that she’d lived in Altadena when she first arrived.

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Laloum, who lived for 30 years in Jerusalem, said the restaurant's menu is made of "dishes that Israelis and Palestinians eat in the same way".

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Another local resident, Lucy Garton, who has lived nearby for six years, didn't hear the explosion herself but she experienced the aftermath as she was on her way from work on Friday.

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