Sekirov Dictionary

living

/ˈlɪvɪŋ/

noun 5
adjective 6
forms 2
phrases 8

noun5

The state of being alive.
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the money that someone gets from work and uses to pay for food and a home
- it's a living
- What do you do for a living?
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A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
- The patron of the living who had the right to nominate a particular priest might make the choice, but the living was actually granted by the local bishop. — 2015
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Those who are alive: living people.
- Glad to see you're still among the living! [good-humored greeting]
- Some say that the spirits of the departed walk among the living, though most of us do not see them.
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A style of life.
- The National Brewing Company declared that the Chesapeake Bay region was the Land of Pleasant Living.

adjective6

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Having life; alive.
- Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.
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In use or existing.
- Hunanese is a living language.
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Continually updated; not static
- HTML is a living standard.
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Used as an intensifier.
- He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
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Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
- This we followed for about five paces, when it suddenly widened out into a small chamber, about eight feet square, and hewn out of the living rock. — 1886
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True to life.
- This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

forms

livings · livingest

Phrases with living

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