having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
in actual existence or use; extant: living languages.
active or thriving; vigorous; strong: a living faith.
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.
a particular manner, state, or status of life: luxurious living.
(used with a plural verb)Usually the living . living persons collectively: glad to be back among the living.
British. the benefice of a member of the clergy.
Origin of living
First recorded before 900; Middle English adjective lyvyng(e); replacing earlier liviende, Old English lifgende (see live1, -ing2); Middle English noun living(e) (see -ing1)
SYNONYMS FOR living
1 live, quick.
2 existing, surviving.
3 lively, flourishing.
12 sustenance, subsistence.
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ANTONYMS FOR living
1 dead.
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synonym study for living
12. Living,livelihood,maintenance,support refer, directly or indirectly, to what is earned or spent for subsistence. Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one's living; to seek one's livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of trapping foxes.Maintenance and support refer usually to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance or support of someone.Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate.
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It didn’t take long for the Wrecking Ball of Consequence to come swinging into the Houston Rockets’ living room.
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We could raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t gone up in over 11 years, or incentivize businesses to pay their employees a living wage.
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Patrick Klugman, the deputy mayor of Paris, said: “We are living our kind of 9/11,” he said.
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Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.
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But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.
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A single father, he had been living abroad and returned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.
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I first saw Marvin when I was ten years old, living with my parents in Arlington, Virginia.
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How can I go on as I am, a solitary curse to myself, a living disgrace to every one I come near!
The Personal History of David Copperfield |Charles Dickens
And under that rare sun all the little town, among its slag heaps and few tall chimneys, had an air of living faster.
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You must have been through much darkness and living on now in a changed world.
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While the pioneers at the Old Port were on the verge of starvation, the 'Clonmel' men were living in luxury.
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Perhaps ancient kings of Lydia were once burned alive on pyres, 'as living embodiments of their god.'
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British Dictionary definitions for living
living
/ (ˈlɪvɪŋ) /
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 validliving language
seeming to be reala living image
(of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extantCompare extinct (def. 1)
geology another word for live 2 (def. 15)
presented by actors before a live audienceliving theatre
(prenominal)(intensifier)the living daylights
noun
the condition of being alive
the manner in which one conducts one's lifefast living
the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives
Church of England another term for benefice
(modifier)of, involving, or characteristic of everyday lifeliving area
(modifier)of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory)