vi|va

vi|va
vi|va1 «VEE vuh», interjection, noun, plural -vas.
–interj.
(long) live (the person or thing named).
–n.
a shout of applause or good will.
[< Italian viva may he live < vivere to live < Latin vīvere. See related etym. at vivat (Cf.vivat), vive. (Cf.vive)]
vi|va2 «VY vuh», noun, plural -vas, verb, -vaed, -va|ing. British Informal.
–n.
an oral examination; viva voce: Immediately he began to put me through a moderately stiff viva (C. P. Snow).
–v.t.
to subject to an oral examination.
[short for viva voce]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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