| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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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 |