living

liv-ing · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Alive; not dead.

  2. 2.

    Currently in use or existing.

  3. 3.

    An income sufficient to live on; one's livelihood.

  4. 4.

    A manner or style of life.

  5. 5.

    **(the living)** Those who are alive.

Phrases & expressions

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    make a living — Earn enough money to support oneself.
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    living room — A room in a house for general everyday use.
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    cost of living — The level of prices for goods and services.
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    living will — A document stating one's medical wishes.
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    living proof — Evidence that something is possible.
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    scare the living daylights out of — Frighten extremely.
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    in the land of the living — Alive; awake.
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    living legend — A famous person who is still alive.

Related words

Antonyms: dead, deceased, nonliving
See also: alive, dead, life, live, livelihood
Synonyms: alive, animate, existing

Etymology

From Old English libban ("to live") + -ing (present participle suffix). The noun sense of "livelihood" developed from the idea of "the means by which one lives."