Dictionary Definition
living adj
1 pertaining to living persons; "within living
memory"
2 true to life; lifelike; "the living image of
her mother"
3 dwelling or inhabiting; often used in
combination; "living quarters"; "tree-living animals"
4 (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll";
"scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell
out of him"
5 still in existence; "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" [syn: surviving]
6 still in active use; "a living language"
7 (used of minerals or stone) in its natural
state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living
stone"; [syn: living(a)]
Noun
1 the experience of living; the course of human
events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the
complexities of life" [syn: life]
2 people who are still living; "save your pity
for the living" [ant: dead]
3 the condition of living or the state of being
alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many
chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, aliveness]
4 the financial means whereby one lives; "each
child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state
for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" [syn:
support, keep, livelihood, bread and
butter, sustenance]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /lɪvɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪvɪŋ
Adjective
- A state of having life.
- In use or existing.
- A living language.
- Of everyday life
- living conditions
- True to life.
- The living image.
- Used as an intensifier.
- ...beat the living daylights out of him...
Antonyms
Translations
A state of having life
In use or existing
True to life
Used as an intensifier
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Interlingua: vive, vivente
- ttbc Portuguese: vivo m, viva f, vivente m & f
- ttbc Romanian: viu m, vie f, vii m & f - pl
Derived terms
Noun
- The state of being alive.
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- What do you do for a living?
- A style of life.
- plain living
- In canon law, a position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.
Translations
The state of being alive
A style of life
Extensive Definition
Living may refer to:
- Life, a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms
- Personal life, the course of an individual human's life
- Living wage, refers to the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living
- Living, in canon law, a position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.
In music:
- Living 2001-2002, a live album by the John Butler Trio
- Living (album), an album by Paddy Casey
- Living Things (band), an American rock band
In other:
- Martha Stewart Living, a magazine by Martha Stewart
- Falcon Living, a Chicago Real Estate brokerage Firm
- Living (channel) and Living2, television channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- Living (TV series), a local daytime show format airing on CBC Television O&Os as of January 2007
See also:
- Biological material (disambiguation)
- Life (disambiguation)
- Lives (disambiguation)
- Organic (disambiguation)
living in Breton: Bev
living in French: Vivant
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
TLC,
abiding, ablaze, abode, aboveground, active, acute, advowson, afire, aflame, aflicker, aggressive, aglow, alight, alimony, alive, alive and kicking, among
the living, animal spirits, animate, animate existence,
animated, animation, ardent, around, being, being alive, benefice, biological, biotic, birth, blazing, bread, bread and butter, breathing, brisk, burning, candent, candescent, capable of life,
care, care of souls,
charge, cohabitation, comburent, commorancy, commorant, conflagrant, conscious, curacy, cure, current, daily bread, dwelling, dynamic, economic support,
endowed with life, endowment, energetic, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, existence, existent, existing, extant, faithful, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flickering, forceful, forcible, full of pep, fuming, glebe, glowing, go-go, guttering, habitancy, habitation, having life,
hearty, ignescent, ignited, immortality, impetuous, in a blaze, in a
glow, in being, in effect, in existence, in flames, in force, in
residence, in the flesh, incandescent, incisive, incumbency, inflamed, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, inspirited, instinct with
life, intense, keen, keep, kindled, kinetic, life, lifelike, lifetime, live, livelihood, liveliness, lively, living in, lodging, long life, long-lived,
longevity, lusty, maintenance, manna, meat, mettlesome, mothering, natural, nesting, nourishment, nurture, occupancy, occupation, on fire, on foot,
operative, organic, organized, peppy, physiological, prelacy, present, prevalent, price support,
provision, quick, realistic, rectory, reeking, remaining, residence, residency, resident, residentiary, residing, robust, salt, scintillant, scintillating, smacking, smoking, smoldering, snappy, sojourning, spanking, sparking, speaking, spirited, spriteliness, squatting, staying, staying over, stopping, strenuous, strong, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subsistent, subsisting, subvention, support, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, take-charge,
take-over, tenacious of life, tenancy, tender loving care, to
the life, trenchant,
true to life, true to nature, under the sun, unextinguished, unquenched, upkeep, very much alive, viability, viable, vibrant, vicarage, vigorous, vital, vitality, vivacious, vivacity, vivid, vivified, zestful, zesty, zippy, zoetic