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living meaning

EN[ˈlɪvɪŋ] [-ɪvɪŋ]
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WLiving
  • Living may refer to:
  • Life, a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms
  • a living species is one that is not extinct
  • Personal life, the course of an individual human's life
  • Human living
  • Human condition
  • Living wage, refers to the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living
  • Living or Benefice, in canon law, a position in a church that has attached to it a source of income
FR living

    Definition of living in English Dictionary

  • NounPLlivingsSUF-ing
    1. (uncountable) The state of being alive.
      1. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood.
        1. What do you do for a living?
      2. A style of life.
        1. plain living
      3. (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
      4. Verb
        1. present participle of live.
        2. Adjective
          1. Having life.
            1. In use or existing.
              1. Hunanese is a living language.
            2. Of everyday life.
              1. These living conditions are deplorable.
            3. True to life.
              1. This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
            4. Used as an intensifier.
              1. He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
          2. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • Species living in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Northern Sea had similar encephalisation indices compared to the indopacific coral reef dwelling species.
              • Conservatives say that less than 0.5 percent of the population is really living in poverty, arguing that statistics should include the value of charity and welfare.
              • Visiting Africa opened my eyes to what it is like living without clean water.
            2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
              • Living on top of one another in a refugee camp is stressful.
            3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
              • There can be something absurd or even melancholy about the open-plan minipalaces some middle-class Britons consider essential for civilised living.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Adjectives
              • Uncomparable adjectives
              • Nouns
                • Countable nouns
                  • Singularia tantum
                    • Uncountable nouns
                  • Verbs
                    • Verb forms
                      • Participles
                        • Present participles
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                  4. en living up
                  5. en living end
                  Source: Wiktionary

                  Meaning of living for the defined word.

                  Grammatically, this word "living" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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