Someone who's living is alive. You might talk about your living grandparents to distinguish them from the ones who died before you were born.
The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
Noun
the experience of living; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
Noun
people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
Noun
the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
Noun
the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there''s life there''s hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
Adjective S.
(informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
Adjective S.
still in active use; "a living language"
Adjective S.
still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"
Adjective S.
true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
Adjective
pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
Adjective
dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination; "living quarters"; "tree-living animals"
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Live
n.
The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life;
existence.
n.
Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living;
earnest living.
n.
Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
n.
Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living
comfortably.
n.
The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which
a minister receives.
Living
She can spin for her living.
He divided unto them his living.4.
There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases.5.
He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living
The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
Usage Examples
A house is a machine for living in.
All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.
A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.
All living beings, not just animals, but plants and microorganisms, perceive. To survive, an organic being must perceive - it must seek, or at least recognize, food and avoid environmental danger.
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.
After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means - and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything.
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
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Other Usage Examples'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly.
Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of the adaptation we see in the structure of the organic world. That was a great advance in the knowledge of living nature.
According to the Jain view, soul is that element which knows, thinks and feels. It is in fact the divine element in the living being. The Jain thinks that the phenomena of knowledge, feeling, thinking and willing are conditioned on something, and that that something must be as real as anything can be.
A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.
All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.
A lot of married people certainly have wonderful relationships with their dogs, but when you're single and your dog is the only other living thing in your house, it's a really special relationship which I wanted CATHY to have.
A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.
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