live on

present singular third person lives on · participle present living on · participle past lived on · past lived on

1. idiomaticintransitiveTo endure.

   Her memory lives on in our hearts.

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   He described the members and organisers of the society as "a group of enthusiasts celebrating the richness and diversity of the English language", and is convinced that whether or not enough volunteers can be found to keep the society going, their enthusiasm and love for good English will live on.

   2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2016

2. idiomatictransitiveTo survive solely by consuming a certain thing.

   When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater.

3. transitiveTo rely on financially.

   She lives on a stipend from her parents.

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   I'm still living on the royalties from my first novel.

4. idiomatictransitivemathematicsTo be defined on.

   Let assets live on the grid #92;mathcal#123;A#125;#61;#91;a#95;1,a#95;2,#92;dots,a#95;n#93;.

   2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 116