# lives

Pronunciation: say "LIVZ" /lɪvz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of live. — third-person singular simple present indicative of live
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of live. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The artist lives above the gallery where her work hangs._
   - _Whoever lives here clearly loves gardening._

## Noun

Pronunciation: say "LYVZ" /laɪvz/

2. Plural of life. — plural of life
   - Simple: Plural of life. Use it when talking about more than one life.
   - _The new safety rules were written to protect workers' lives._
   - _War reshaped the lives of everyone in the village._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/lives (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).