Live and Operate

Live

Live verb - To have a home.

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Operate and live are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Live".

Nearby Words: living, lived

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

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Live and operate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Live" instead a verb "Operate".

work	live work	operate work
thanks	live thanks	operate thanks
body	live body	operate body
system	live system	operate system
Other words: way, technology, door, underwater.

They tend to live and operate by their ideals alone, even if it means coming into conflict with others.

Source: Trope Distinctions / A to C
Bullets are stated to be still be in use, but it's mainly private citizens and the occasional security force that live and operate planetside.

Source: Cool, but Inefficient
Age of Empires III has its heroes operate similarly but they at least lampshade it by by complaining about their pain in a borderline plea for euthanasia ("Every moment I live is agony.")

Source: Gameplay Ally Immortality

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Operate and Live. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/live/operate

Live & Operate. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/live/operate>.

Operate or Live. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/live/operate.

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