live with

phrasal verb·2 senses·particle with

Usefulness

Meanings

1

Share a home with someone

Why “with”? People or things are together in the same place, journey, home, or package.

Lena lives with her parents.
Lena shares a home with her parents.
I lived with two friends at university.
I shared a home with two friends at university.
2

Accept an unpleasant situation because it cannot be changed

Why “with”? A person continues beside a choice or situation instead of rejecting it.

The noise is annoying, but we have to live with it.
The noise is annoying, but we have to accept it.
She learned to live with the pain.
She learned to accept the pain because it could not be changed.

Test yourself

Lena lives with her parents. What does it mean?

Nearby in the meaning map

Sink In connects verbs by particle pattern, contrast pairs, and shared base verbs.

Sink In app icon

Sink In — iOS & Android

Practice “live with” in Sink In

Drill “live with” and 1,300+ other phrasal verbs with spaced repetition, organised by the particle patterns that connect them.

  • Learn the pattern behind dozens of verbs at once — not one-off translations.
  • Spaced repetition (SM-2) brings each meaning back right before you forget.
  • Four practice modes train recall and discrimination, not just recognition.
1,300+ phrasal verbs26 particle patternsBuilt for B1–C2
Sink In daily spaced-repetition practice session