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Living

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Definitions for Living

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

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