living

Meaning of living

verb
  1. To be alive; to have life.
    He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
  2. To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
    I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.
  3. To survive; to persevere; to continue.
    Her memory lives in that song.
  4. To cope.
    You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.
  5. To pass life in a specified manner.
    It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.
  6. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
    To live an idle or a useful life.
  7. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  8. To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
    No ship could live in such a storm.
  9. (followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
    It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.
  10. To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
    I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!
noun
  1. The state of being alive.
  2. (plural, with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who are alive.
    Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.
  3. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
    What do you do for a living?
  4. A style of life.
    plain living
  5. (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
adjective
  1. Having life.
  2. In use or existing.
    Hunanese is a living language.
  3. Of everyday life.
    These living conditions are deplorable.
  4. True to life.
    This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
  5. Used as an intensifier.
    He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

Information about living

Hyphenation of living

liv-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • living is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

living synonyms

Meaning surviving:

surviving

Meaning life:

life

Meaning animation:

animation, life, aliveness

Meaning support:

support, keep, livelihood, sustenance

Meaning :

dwell, last, remain, extant, vital, blasted, doggone, stinking, lifelike, lifey, limned, lively, naturalistic

living antonyms

Meaning :

dead, nonliving

Translation of living

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