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ALIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of erupting
Example:
the volcano is very much alive
Synonyms:
alive; live
Classified under:
Similar:
active ((of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Possessing life
Example:
a live canary
Synonyms:
alive; live
Classified under:
Similar:
liveborn ((of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn)
viable (capable of life or normal growth and development)
vital (manifesting or characteristic of life)
Also:
animate (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Attribute:
animation; vitality (the property of being able to survive and grow)
aliveness; animation; life; living (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
Antonym:
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
Derivation:
aliveness (the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having life or vigor or spirit
Example:
became very animated when he heard the good news
Synonyms:
alive; animated
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
enlivened; spirited (made lively or spirited)
lively; vital (full of spirit; full of life)
reanimated; revived (given fresh life or vigor or spirit)
Derivation:
aliveness (the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Mentally perceptive and responsive
Example:
was now awake to the reality of his predicament
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
aware; cognisant; cognizant ((sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception)
Derivation:
aliveness (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(often followed by 'with') full of life and spirit
Example:
a face alive with mischief
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
lively (full of life and energy)
Derivation:
aliveness (the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Sense 6
Meaning:
In operation
Example:
an active tradition
Synonyms:
active; alive
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
existent; existing (having existence or being or actuality)
Derivation:
aliveness (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
Sense 7
Meaning:
(followed by 'to' or 'of') aware of
Example:
is alive to the moods of others
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sensitive (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others)
Derivation:
aliveness (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
Context examples:
They then need to rely on stored sugars and starches to stay alive, and will die if these run out before a drought ends.
(What's killing trees during droughts?, National Science Foundation)
That suggests the creature may have been alive when trapped.
(Dinosaur Tail Found in Myanmar, VOA News)
“Why, nobody minds Ben Gunn,” cried Merry; “dead or alive, nobody minds him.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Nowhere was there any trace of Henry Jekyll, dead or alive.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
If thou wert yet alive and yet cherished a desire of revenge against me, it would be better satiated in my life than in my destruction.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Were he alive we should have had word of him ere now,” said he.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He knows more about training than any man alive, and he has walked ninety miles in twenty-one hours.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The length of time from either the date of diagnosis or the start of treatment for a disease, such as cancer, that patients diagnosed with the disease are still alive.
(OS, NCI Dictionary)
But some organs and tissues can be donated while the donor is alive.
(Organ Donation, Health Resources and Services Administration)
