Definition
(he's) alive: (he's) living, not dead
Are you still alive? I haven't seen you for a long time and thought you might be dead.
to live: to be alive, to exist; to inhabit (somewhere)
to look alive: to seem awake, lively, active, conscious
- "My job is to keep you all alive during this mission."
- "It's just that we're looking for a friend of ours, we're not sure if he's still alive, and we've got to find him and then get off this island."
- "Replace Bruno's dead pet with one that's alive!"
- "Horatio : Alive?"
- "Horatio : For the moment, we are alive."
- "Do you think they're... they're alive?"
- "Horatio : Time will tell if they are alive."
- "You've only been alive for a matter of months, but I've already had reports of public indecency, aggressive lullaby singing, diaper throwing, tummy aches, temper tantrums, loud crying and some very serious accusations of milk abuse."
- "Thank God, we're alive!"
- "Elvis alive and living in Antarctica!"
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