/əˈlaɪv/
Translation
Living, and not dead.
Word origin
From the Old English phrase on life, meaning in life.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- on life
Examples
, .
"Alive" means it is living, not dead.
ninety .
You can add "very much" to make "alive" stronger.
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"Alive" comes after the verb, not before a noun.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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