living
Use Living in a sentence
ɪŋ adjective
1.
having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
2.
in actual existence or use; extant: living languages.
3.
active or thriving; vigorous; strong: a living faith.
4.
burning or glowing, as a coal.
5.
flowing freely, as water.
6.
pertaining to, suitable for, or sufficient for existence or subsistence: living conditions; a living wage.
7.
of or pertaining to living persons: within living memory.
8.
lifelike; true to life, as a picture or narrative.
9.
in its natural state and place; not uprooted, changed, etc.: living rock.
10.
very; absolute (used as an intensifier): to scare the living daylights out of someone.
noun
11.
the act or condition of a person or thing that lives: Living is very expensive these days.
12.
the means of maintaining life; livelihood: to earn one's living.
13.
a particular manner, state, or status of life: luxurious living.
14.
( used with a plural verb ) living persons collectively (usually preceded by the ): glad to be among the living.
15.
British. the benefice of a clergyman.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
before 900; (adj.) Middle English lyvyng(e); replacing earlier liviende, Old English lifgende (see live1, -ing2); (noun) Middle English living(e) (see -ing1)
before 900; (adj.) Middle English lyvyng(e); replacing earlier liviende, Old English lifgende (see live1, -ing2); (noun) Middle English living(e) (see -ing1)
Related forms
liv·ing·ly, adverb
liv·ing·ness, noun
non·liv·ing, adjective, noun
qua·si-liv·ing, adjective
un·liv·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. live, quick. 2. existing, surviving. 3. lively, flourishing. 12. sustenance, subsistence. 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.
1. live, quick. 2. existing, surviving. 3. lively, flourishing. 12. sustenance, subsistence. 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.
Antonyms
1. dead.
1. dead.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
2.
to continue to have life; remain alive: to live to a ripe old age.
3.
to continue in existence, operation, memory, etc.; last: a book that lives in my memory.
4.
to maintain or support one's existence; provide for oneself: to live on one's income.
5.
to feed or subsist (usually followed by on or upon ): to live on rice and bananas.
6.
to dwell or reside (usually followed by in, at, etc.): to live in a cottage.
7.
to pass life in a specified manner: They lived happily ever after.
8.
to direct or regulate one's life: to live by the golden rule.
9.
to experience or enjoy life to the full: At 40 she was just beginning to live.
10.
to cohabit (usually followed by with ).
11.
to escape destruction or remain afloat, as a ship or aircraft.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrases 12.
to pass (life): to live a life of ease.
13.
to practice, represent, or exhibit in one's life: to live one's philosophy.
14.
live down, to live so as to allow (a mistake, disgrace, etc.) to be forgotten or forgiven: She'll never live that crucial moment of failure down.
15.
live inout, to reside at or away from the place of one's employment, especially as a domestic servant: Their butler lives in, but the maids live out.
16.
Idioms live up to, to live in accordance with (expectations or an ideal or standard); measure up to: He never lived up to his father's vision of him.
17.
18.
live it up, Informal. to live in an extravagant or wild manner; pursue pleasure: He started living it up after he got out of the army.
19.
live well, to live comfortably: They're not wealthy but they live well.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English liven, Old English lifian, libban; cognate with Dutch leven, German leben, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban
before 900; Middle English liven, Old English lifian, libban; cognate with Dutch leven, German leben, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban
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live1 (lɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (usually foll by in | |
| 1. | to show the characteristics of life; be alive |
| 2. | to remain alive or in existence |
| 3. | to exist in a specified way: to live poorly |
| 4. | to reside or dwell: to live in London |
| 5. | ( |
| 6. | ( |
| 7. | to support one's style of life; subsist: to live by writing |
| 8. | ( |
| 9. | ( |
| 10. | (tr) to pass or spend (one's life, etc) |
| 11. | to enjoy life to the full: he knows how to live |
| 12. | (tr) to put into practice in one's daily life; express: he lives religion every day |
| 13. | live and let live to refrain from interfering in others' lives; to be tolerant |
| 14. | informal (US) where one lives in one's sensitive or defenceless position |
| [Old English libban, lifian; related to Old High German libēn, Old Norse lifa] | |
| live2 (laɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (prenominal) showing the characteristics of life |
| 2. | (usually prenominal) of, relating to, or abounding in life: the live weight of an animal |
| 3. | (usually prenominal) of current interest; controversial: a live issue |
| 4. | actual: a real live cowboy |
| 5. | informal full of life and energy |
| 6. | (of a coal, ember, etc) glowing or burning |
| 7. | (esp of a volcano) not extinct |
| 8. | loaded or capable of exploding: a live bomb |
| 9. | radio, television transmitted or present at the time of performance, rather than being a recording: a live show |
| 10. | of a record |
| a. recorded in concert | |
| b. recorded in one studio take, without overdubs or splicing | |
| 11. | connected to a source of electric power: a live circuit |
| 12. | (esp of a colour or tone) brilliant or splendid |
| 13. | acoustically reverberant: a live studio |
| 14. | sport (of a ball) in play |
| 15. | (of rocks, ores, etc) not quarried or mined; native |
| 16. | being in a state of motion or transmitting power; positively connected to a driving member |
| 17. | printing |
| a. (of copy) not yet having been set into type | |
| b. (of type that has been set) still in use | |
| —adv | |
| 18. | during, at, or in the form of a live performance: the show went out live |
| [C16: from on live | |
| living (ˈlɪvɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | a. possessing life; not dead |
| b. (as collective noun preceded by the): the living | |
| 2. | having the characteristics of life (used esp to distinguish organisms from nonliving matter) |
| 3. | currently in use or valid: living language |
| 4. | seeming to be real: a living image |
| 5. | Compare extinct (of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extant |
| 6. | geology another word for live |
| 7. | presented by actors before a live audience: living theatre |
| 8. | (prenominal) (intensifier): the living daylights |
| —n | |
| 9. | the condition of being alive |
| 10. | the manner in which one conducts one's life: fast living |
| 11. | the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives |
| 12. | Church of England another term for benefice |
| 13. | (modifier) of, involving, or characteristic of everyday life: living area |
| 14. | (modifier) of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory) |
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Word Origin & History
live
O.E. lifian (Anglian), libban (W.Saxon) "to be alive," also "to supply oneself with food, to pass life (in some condition)," from P.Gmc. stem *libæ (cf. O.N. lifa, O.Fris. libba, Ger. leben, Goth. liban "to live"), from PIE base *leip- "to remain, continue" (cf. Gk. liparein "to persist, persevere;"
see leave).
"According to the Dutch Prouerbe ... Leuen ende laetan leuen, To liue and to let others liue." [Malynes, 1622]To live it up "live gaily and extravagantly" is from 1951. To live up to "act in accordance with" is from 1690s. To live (something) down "outwear (some slander or embarrassment)" is from 1842. To live with "cohabit as husband and wife" is attested from 1749; sense of "to put up with" is attested from 1937. Lived-in "inhabited, occupied" is first recorded 1873. Live-in (adj.) first attested, 1955. Expression live and learn is attested from c.1620.
live
1540s, "having life," later (1611) "burning, glowing," aphetic of alive (q.v.). Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799; live wire is attested from 1890; figurative sense of "active person" is from 1903. Meaning "in-person (performance)"
is first attested 1934.
living
early 14c., "the fact of dwelling in some place," from O.E. lifiende, prp. of lifan (see live (v.)). The noun meaning "action, process, or method of gaining one's livelihood" is attested from 1530s. Living memory "within the memory of people still living" is attested from 1855.
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Medical Dictionary
live (līv)
adj.
Having life; alive.
Capable of replicating in a host's cells.
Containing living microorganisms or active virus, as a vaccine.
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Example sentences
Ala, one little side effect could be that all the bio living things could become its food source for its perpetuation.
The study of living things may shed light on urban planning.
Often living on fixed incomes, many seniors need an affordable apartment.
All of her living places were temporary in the purest meaning of the term.
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