English Explanatory Dictionary

living

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle of live
adj
  1. Having life; alive.
  2. In use or existing.
  3. True to life.
  4. Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
  5. Continually updated; not static
  6. Used as an intensifier.
noun
  1. The state of being alive.
  2. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
  3. A style of life.
  4. Those who are alive: living people.
  5. A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪvɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-living.wav en-us-living.ogg

Word forms

living livings

Etymology

From Middle English livynge, libbyng, livinde, livand, livende, libbinde, libbende, from Old English lifiġende, lifiende, libbende, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjandī, from Proto-Germanic *libjandz (“living”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), equivalent to live + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian libbend (“living”), Dutch levend (“living”), German lebend (“living”), Swedish levande (“living”), Icelandic lifandi (“living”).

Synonyms

vital blasted doggone stinking extant lifey lifelike limned lively naturalistic quick

Antonyms

dead nonliving deceased departed

Related words

live life alive

Derived words

activities of daily living by the living jingo clean-living everliving free-living high-living in living color in living memory knock the living daylights out of landliving living bandage living constitution living dead living death living diaper living donation living donor living end living floor living fossil living hell living hinge living impaired living internet theory living language living legend livingly living memory living mulch living museum livingness living newspaper living picture living proof living rock living room livingry living sculpture living shield living space living statue living stone living street living thing living tissue living tree doctrine living trust living wall living will non-living not a living soul scare the living daylights out of sliving unliving within living memory living wage assisted living coliving cost of living earn a living

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 生活 Dutch: levens- Finnish: elin- German: Lebens- Korean: 생활의 Korean: 거주의 Polish: życiowy Russian: жи́зненный Serbo-Croatian: živući Bulgarian: живите Latin: superī
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