Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. life, living(noun)

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

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

2. living(noun)

   people who are still living

   "save your pity for the living"

3. animation, life, living, aliveness(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"

4. support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance(adj)

   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. living(adj)

   pertaining to living persons

   "within living memory"

6. living(adj)

   true to life; lifelike

   "the living image of her mother"

7. living(adj)

   (informal) absolute

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

8. surviving, living(adj)

   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. living(adj)

   still in active use

   "a living language"

10. living(a)(adj)

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

    "carved into the living stone";

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. living(Noun)

   The state of being alive.

2. living(Noun)

   Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood

   What do you do for a living?

3. living(Noun)

   A style of life.

   plain living

4. living(Noun)

   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. living(Adjective)

   Having life.

6. living(Adjective)

   In use or existing.

   Hunanese is a living language.

7. living(Adjective)

   Of everyday life.

   These living conditions are deplorable.

8. living(Adjective)

   True to life.

   This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

9. living(Adjective)

   (used as an intensifier)

   He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Living

   of Live

2. Living(noun)

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

3. Living(noun)

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

4. Living(noun)

   means of subsistence; sustenance; estate

5. Living(noun)

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

6. Living(noun)

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

Origin: [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(2.50 / 2 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(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. living

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

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

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. Steven Spielberg:

   I dream for a living.

2. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Creating means living.

3. Adrienne E. Gusoff:

   Living in a vacuum sucks.

4. William Pickens:

   Living together is an art.

5. Douglas Adams:

   Life is wasted on the living.

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