collocation · informal

watch a live stream

UK/wɒtʃ ə laɪv striːm/US/wɑːtʃ ə laɪv striːm/watch a LIVE STREAM

Band 5-6speakingtask1

to view a real-time broadcast over the internet

Examples

I prefer to watch a live stream of concerts when I can't travel.

She watched the live stream of the awards ceremony.

Many fans watched the live stream and commented in real time.

Band 8 sentence

Unable to attend in person, thousands chose to watch a live stream of the conference and participate via the chat feature.

Collocations

  • watch a livestream (one-word)
  • stream live

Word family

live stream noun/verbstream verbstreaming noun/adjective

Common mistakes

watch a streamwatch a live stream

stream a live (instead of watch a live stream)watch a live stream

Say it for a higher band

5watch a stream6watch a recording7+watch a live stream

Synonyms

watch a broadcast

Easily confused

watch a recording

I watched the recording of the concert last night.

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