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living
[ liv-ing ]
adjective
- having life; being alive; not dead:
living persons.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- in actual existence or use; extant:
living languages.
a living faith.
Synonyms: ,
- burning or glowing, as a coal.
- flowing freely, as water.
- pertaining to, suitable for, or sufficient for existence or subsistence:
living conditions; a living wage.
- of or relating to living persons:
within living memory.
- lifelike; true to life, as a picture or narrative.
- in its natural state and place; not uprooted, changed, etc.:
living rock.
- Informal. very; absolute (used as an intensifier):
You scared the living daylights out of me!
He's making her life a living hell.
noun
- the act or condition of a person or thing that lives:
Living is very expensive these days.
- the means of maintaining life; livelihood:
to earn one's living.
Synonyms: ,
- a particular manner, state, or status of life:
luxurious living.
- Usually the living. (used with a plural verb) living persons collectively:
glad to be back among the living.
- British. the benefice of a member of the clergy.
living
/ ˈ±ôɪ±¹ÉªÅ‹ /
adjective
- possessing life; not dead
- ( as collective noun preceded by the )
the living
- having the characteristics of life (used esp to distinguish organisms from nonliving matter)
- currently in use or valid
living language
- seeming to be real
a living image
- (of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extant Compare extinct
- geology another word for live 2
- presented by actors before a live audience
living theatre
- prenominal (intensifier)
the living daylights
noun
- the condition of being alive
- the manner in which one conducts one's life
fast living
- the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives
- Church of England another term for benefice
- modifier of, involving, or characteristic of everyday life
living area
- modifier of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory )
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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- ±ô¾±±¹î€ƒi²Ô²µÂ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±ô¾±±¹î€ƒi²Ô²µ adjective noun
- ±ç³Ü²¹î€È´¾±-±ô¾±±¹î€ƒi²Ô²µ adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·±ô¾±±¹î€ƒi²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Inside Mayada’s home, the living room has a frieze of shrapnel spatter covering a wall.
This is the Dodgers’ world, and everyone else in baseball is just living in it.
We'll need far more spacecraft to figure out if anything living lies under the crust of these worlds, but in the meantime, Antarctica serves as a handy analog to figure out the limits of life.
Moving is stressful, but so is living on-site during a remodel.
He has spent time living on the streets of Glasgow and begging for money.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say living?
A person’s living is their means of maintaining life. How is this term different from livelihood and maintenance? Find out on .
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