Definitions for Living
ˈlɪv ɪŋLiv·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. life, livingnoun

   the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

   "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

2. livingnoun

   people who are still living

   "save your pity for the living"

3. animation, life, living, alivenessnoun

   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"

4. support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenanceadjective

   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"

5. livingadjective

   pertaining to living persons

   "within living memory"

6. livingadjective

   true to life; lifelike

   "the living image of her mother"

7. livingadjective

   (informal) absolute

   "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"

8. surviving, livingadjective

   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"

9. livingadjective

   still in active use

   "a living language"

10. living(a)adjective

    (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried

    "carved into the living stone";

Wiktionary(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. livingnoun

   The state of being alive.

2. livingnoun

   Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood

   What do you do for a living?

3. livingnoun

   A style of life.

   plain living

4. livingnoun

   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.

5. livingadjective

   Having life.

6. livingadjective

   In use or existing.

   Hunanese is a living language.

7. livingadjective

   Of everyday life.

   These living conditions are deplorable.

8. livingadjective

   True to life.

   This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

9. livingadjective

   (used as an intensifier)

   He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

Webster Dictionary(1.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Living

   of Live

2. Livingnoun

   the state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence

3. Livingnoun

   manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living

4. Livingnoun

   means of subsistence; sustenance; estate

5. Livingnoun

   power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably

6. Livingnoun

   the benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives

7. Etymology: [From Live, v. i.]

Freebase(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Living

   Living is the second album by Irish musician Paddy Casey, it was released on October 17, 2003. It was re-released with a bonus disc featuring B-sides and live tracks on November 26, 2004.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Living

   liv′ing, adj. having life: active, lively: producing action or vigour: running or flowing, as opposed to stagnant.—n. means of subsistence: manner of life: a property: the benefice of a clergyman.—Living rock, rock in its native state or location; Living room, a sitting-room for general family use; Living wage, a wage on which it is possible for a workman and his family to live fairly.—The living, those alive.

The Roycroft Dictionary(2.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. living

   A mode of wasting time from the cradle to the grave consecrated by immemorial usage.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. living

   A form of existence.

   Living life with purpose is a true gift to the soul.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

2. Livingverb

   Verb form of the word live.

   They live a simple life together in perfect harmony.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

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1. • People

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Living' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1392

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Living' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1022

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Living' in Nouns Frequency: #987

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Living' in Adjectives Frequency: #374

How to pronounce Living?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Tessa

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How to say Living in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Living in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Living in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Living in a Sentence

1. Brad Gerstman:

   Given the set of circumstances we're all living in with coronavirus, everyone trying to still make a living, for the federal government to start targeting private business and people seems unconscionable to me.

2. Zsolt Tyirityan:

   World history is made and lost on population, the fight for living space and the fight to hold on to living space, anyone who says different is either delusional or lying. Any way you look at it, the strongest always wins.

3. Diane Rwigara:

   Is this a life ? Do you even think you are living ?

4. Ryan Russell:

   Today, I have two goals : returning to the NFL, and living my life openly, those two objectives shouldn't be in conflict. But judging from the fact that there isn't a single openly LGBTQ player in the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball or the NHL, brings me pause. I want to change that.

5. Anthony Letai:

   I hope that these findings will convince the world of cancer treatment that rapid, functional measurements of how a patient's actual living tumor cells react to a variety of cancer therapies can be at least as valuable in determining the best way to treat each patient, this is functional precision medicine, getting the right drugs to the right patient.

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