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[v] inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of(People lived in Africa millions of years ago The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean deer are populating the woods)[a] actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

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[v] inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
(People lived in Africa millions of years ago The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean deer are populating the woods)

[a] actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
(a live television program brought to you live from Lincoln Center live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience)

[r] not recorded
(the opera was broadcast live)

[v] lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
(we had to live frugally after the war)

[a] exerting force or containing energy
(live coals tossed a live cigarette out the window got a shock from a live wire live ore is unmined ore a live bomb a live ball is one in play)

[v] continue to live through hardship or adversity
(We went without water and food for 3 days These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents how long can a person last without food and water?)

[a] possessing life
(the happiest person alive the nerve is alive doctors are working hard to keep him alive burned alive a live canary)

[v] support oneself
(he could barely exist on such a low wage Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City? Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day)

[a] highly reverberant
(a live concert hall)

[v] have life, be alive
(Our great leader is no more My grandfather lived until the end of war)

[a] charged with an explosive
(live ammunition a live bomb)

[v] have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
(I know the feeling! have you ever known hunger? I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare I lived through two divorces)

[a] elastic; rebounds readily
(clean bouncy hair a lively tennis ball as resilient as seasoned hickory springy turf)

[v] pursue a positive and satisfying existence
(You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live)

[a] abounding with life and energy
(the club members are a really live bunch)

[a] in current use or ready for use
(live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread)

[a] of current relevance
(a live issue still a live option)

[a] charged or energized with electricity
(a hot wire a live wire)

[a] capable of erupting
(a live volcano the volcano is very much alive)

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A broad distinction is made between general and specialized dictionaries. Specialized dictionaries include words in specialist fields, rather than a complete range of words in the language. Lexical items that describe concepts in specific fields are usually called terms instead of words, although there is no consensus whether lexicology and terminology are two different fields of study. In theory, general dictionaries are supposed[citation needed] to be semasiological, mapping word to definition, while specialized dictionaries are supposed to be onomasiological, first identifying concepts and then establishing the terms used to designate them. In practice, the two approaches are used for both types. There are other types of dictionaries that do not fit neatly into the above distinction, for instance bilingual (translation) dictionaries, dictionaries of synonyms (thesauri), and rhyming dictionaries. The word dictionary (unqualified) is usually understood to refer to a general purpose monolingual dictionary.

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The first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times around 2300 BCE, in the form of bilingual dictionaries, and the oldest surviving monolingual dictionaries are Chinese dictionaries c. 3rd century BCE. The first purely English alphabetical dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written in 1604, and monolingual dictionaries in other languages also began appearing in Europe at around this time. The systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest arose as a 20th-century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta. The birth of the new discipline was not without controversy, with the practical dictionary-makers being sometimes accused by others of having an "astonishing" lack of method and critical-self reflection.