living

adjective

  1. 1

    (informal) absolute

    she is a living doll

    scared the living daylights out of them

  2. 2

    (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried

    carved into the living stone

  3. 3

    still in active use

    a living language

  4. 4

    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

  5. 5

    true to life; lifelike

    the living image of her mother

  6. 6

    pertaining to living persons

    within living memory

noun

  1. 1

    the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

    he could no longer cope with the complexities of life

  2. 2

    people who are still living

    save your pity for the living

  3. 3

    the financial means whereby one lives

    each child was expected to pay for their keep

    he applied to the state for support

  4. 4

    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

Synonyms

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