alive

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ʌˈlaɪv/

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Adjective

Positive alive

Comparative more alive

Superlative most alive

1. If someone or something is alive, it is living or it continues to exist. If you are alive you have life.
   • Antonym: dead

   The doctors tried to keep her alive, but she died an hour after arriving at the hospital.