living Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
   life.
   
   • he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
2. noun people who are still living
   
   • save your pity for the living
3. noun the condition of living or the state of being alive
   life; animation; aliveness.
   
   • while there's life there's hope
   • life depends on many chemical and physical processes
4. noun the financial means whereby one lives
   support; livelihood; bread and butter; sustenance; keep.
   
   • each child was expected to pay for their keep
   • he applied to the state for support
   • he could no longer earn his own livelihood
5. verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
   dwell; live; inhabit; populate.
   
   • People lived in Africa millions of years ago
   • The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
   • this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
   • deer are populating the woods
6. verb lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
   live.
   
   • we had to live frugally after the war
7. verb continue to live through hardship or adversity
   live on; last; hold up; live; endure; hold out; go; survive.
   
   • We went without water and food for 3 days
   • These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
   • The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
   • how long can a person last without food and water?
8. verb support oneself
   survive; live; exist; subsist.
   
   • he could barely exist on such a low wage
   • Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
   • Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
9. verb have life, be alive
   be; live.
   
   • Our great leader is no more
   • My grandfather lived until the end of war
10. verb have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
    live; know; experience.
    
    • I know the feeling!
    • have you ever known hunger?
    • I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
    • The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
    • I lived through two divorces
11. verb pursue a positive and satisfying existence
    live.
    
    • You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
12. adjective pertaining to living persons
    
    • within living memory
13. adjective satellite true to life; lifelike
    
    • the living image of her mother
14. adjective satellite (informal) absolute
    
    • she is a living doll
    • scared the living daylights out of them
    • beat the living hell out of him
15. adjective satellite still in existence
    surviving.
    
    • 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
    • the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania
16. adjective satellite still in active use
    
    • a living language
17. adjective satellite (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried;
    
    • carved into the living stone

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