How to use alive in a sentence If your apple tree blooms in the spring, you'll know it's still alive after the long, cold winter Full of energy and spirit
ALIVE – Inspired Origination
If something is alive, it continues to exist
If an activity, organization, or situation is alive, it continues to exist or function
The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs Both communities have a tradition of keeping history alive. Alive (comparative more alive, superlative most alive) (predicative) having life What does the adjective alive mean
There are 12 meanings listed in oed's entry for the adjective alive See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence See examples of alive used in a sentence. Not dead or lifeless:[be + ~] he was still alive after being buried in the snow for five days

(used for emphasis) living:[after a noun] the proudest person alive.
If you're alive, you're living — in other words, you're not dead


