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.
See also: live

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LeytonLAY-tənEnglish (Rare)
Leopoldole-o-POL-do (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Ashfield['æʃi:ld]
Royal['rɔiəl]
Yehudi-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
ZygfrydZIK-fritPolish