live with meaning

Definition of live with

1. tolerate or accommodate oneself to
   • I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
   • I swallowed the insult
   • She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies

   Synonyms: accept, swallow

   Type of: digest

live with in a sentence

• I'm afraid you'll have to learn to live with the pain.
• We have to live with the consequences of our actions.
• I must live with the consequences of the choices I've made.
• It turned out not to be so easy to live with him.
• He was 12 years old when he came to live with us.

How to pronounce live with

live with is pronounced /lɪv wɪð/ in British English and /laɪv wɪð/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.