Meaning & use
Lived
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Was alive, existed, or had one's home in a particular place, during a specified period.
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She lived in Paris for nearly a decade before moving back home.
He lived through two world wars and countless changes in his small village.
A note on using this word
As an adjective in compounds like 'well-lived,' it describes the quality or fullness of a life, as in 'a well-lived life.'
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