Living - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlɪvɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word living
Brit.  |ˈlɪvɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word living
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be' to live

noun

- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities (syn: life)
- people who are still living
save your pity for the living
- the condition of living or the state of being alive (syn: animation, life)
- the financial means whereby one lives (syn: keep, livelihood, support, sustenance)

adjective

- true to life; lifelike
the living image of her mother
- (informal) absolute
she is a living doll
scared the living daylights out of them
beat the living hell out of him
- still in existence (syn: surviving)
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
- still in active use
a living language
- (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
carved into the living stone

Extra examples

I was taught to respect all living things.

His aunt is his closest living relative.

He's one of our greatest living authors.

It was the first time I had ever seen a living, breathing bear in the wild.

It's summertime, and the living is easy.

The world belongs to the living.

Father never talked about what he did for a living.

Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.

Summer time and the living is easy.

He's one of the greatest living composers.

The sun affects all living things (=people, animals, and plants).

It's not a great job, but it's a living.

What do you do for a living? (=what do you do as a job?)

It's hard to make a decent living as a musician.

Back then, he was living in New York.

Word forms

noun
singular: living
plural: livings
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