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vive

British  
/ viːv /

interjection

  1. long live; up with (a specified person or thing)

"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

Etymology

Origin of vive

from French


Example Sentences

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“No sólo de pan vive el hombre,” says an elderly priest reading to the congregation, quoting a verse from the New Testament.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024

So, vive la France for demonstrating that sweeping political change need not be destructive change.

From Washington Times ● May 10, 2017

To which an honest response might be:  vive la difference! 

From Forbes ● Apr. 14, 2015

Let’s just get over it and be interested in our difference, vive la différence, et cetera.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2014

Do you remember his sign? vive le combat des jeunes contre le I did not die in my aimless youth.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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