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ADJECTIVE | 1 | living | Pertaining to living persons |
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2 | living | True to life | |
3 | living | Dwelling or inhabiting | |
4 | living | (informal) absolute | |
5 | living, surviving | Still in existence | |
6 | living | Still in active use | |
7 | living | (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place | |
NOUN | 1 | living, life | The experience of living |
2 | living | People who are still living | |
3 | living, animation, life, aliveness | The condition of living or the state of being alive | |
4 | living, support, keep, livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance | The financial means whereby one lives |
Sounds | lih'vihng |
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Rhymes | abating, abducting, abiding, and 2078 more rhymes in ihng at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Pertaining to living persons. |
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Examples | "within living memory" |
Nouns | living |
Meaning | True to life. Lifelike. |
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Examples | "the living image of her mother" |
Similar to | realistic |
Meaning | Dwelling or inhabiting. Often used in combination. |
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Examples | "living quarters"; "tree-living animals" |
Participle of | live |
Meaning | (informal) absolute. |
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Examples | "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him" |
Similar to | absolute |
Usage | intensifier, intensive |
Meaning | Still in existence. |
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Examples | "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" |
Synonyms | surviving |
Similar to | extant |
Meaning | Still in active use. |
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Examples | "a living language" |
Similar to | extant |
Meaning | (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place. Not mined or quarried. |
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Examples | "carved into the living stone"; |
Similar to | live |
Meaning | The experience of living. The course of human events and activities. |
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Synonyms | life |
Broader | experience |
Verbs | live |
Meaning | People who are still living. |
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Examples | "save your pity for the living" |
Broader | people |
Contrary | dead |
Adjectives | living |
Meaning | The condition of living or the state of being alive. |
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Synonyms | animation, life, aliveness |
Attributes | alive; dead |
Narrower | eternal life, life eternal; skin; survival, endurance |
Broader | being, beingness, existence |
Verbs | live |
Meaning | The financial means whereby one lives. |
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Synonyms | support, keep, livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance |
Narrower | comforts, creature comforts, amenities, conveniences; maintenance; meal ticket; subsistence |
Broader | resource |