live to do

live to do something

1. to survive long enough to do something. I just hope I live to see them get married and have children. Bill wants to live to see his grandchildren grow up.

2. to exist only to do something. He lives to work. One shouldn't live to eat.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ione	ie-O-nee (English), IE-o-nee (English), ie-ON (English)	Greek Mythology, English
Naveen	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Ananias	an-ə-NIE-əs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Aintza	-	Basque
Despoina	-	Greek Mythology, Greek
Janne (2)	-	Danish, Norwegian