Live for meaning
Live for is a phrasal verb that means to centre your existence and motivation on a person or activity.
- Past simple
- lived for
- Past participle
- lived for
- -ing form
- living for
What live for means
B2
To centre your existence and motivation on a person or activity
He lives for his family.
Similar phrasal verbs
With live: live off, live on, live in, live out, live together, live up to, live with, live through.
With for: call for, care for, look for, do for, feel for, file for, go for, make for, root for, think for yourself.
Common questions
What does live for mean?
To centre your existence and motivation on a person or activity.
What is the past tense of live for?
Lived for, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
