living

Plural

livings

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.present participle of live

   • Her husband is now living in Tokyo.
   • I'm living in Kunming at the moment.
   • The cost of living here is very high.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Having life; alive.

   • Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.

2. 2.In use or existing.

   • Hunanese is a living language.
   • The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder.

3. 3.True to life.

   • This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

4. 4.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.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The state of being alive.

2. 2.Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood

   • What do you do for a living?
   • Career opportunity […] is the one who never knocks, especially not on the doors of women, who are still hooking, housewifing and hairdressing for their livings.

3. 3.A style of life.

   • The National Brewing Company declared that the Chesapeake Bay region was the Land of Pleasant Living.

Overall

Common· #1527

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Uncommon

Word family

• live