living
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living
- Present participle of live.
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living (not comparable)
- Having life.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page ix:
- It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page ix:
- In use or existing.
- Hunanese is a living language.
- Of everyday life.
- These living conditions are deplorable.
- True to life.
- This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
- (used as an intensifier)
- He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
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Terms derived from living
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A state of having life
In use or existing
Used as an intensifier
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[edit] Noun
living (countable and uncountable; plural livings)
- (uncountable) The state of being alive.
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- What do you do for a living?
- A style of life.
- plain living
- (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.
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The state of being alive
Financial means; a means of maintaining life
A style of life
