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living
- 1) adjective, a) possessing life; not dead b) (as collective noun preceded by the)
- 2) adjective, having the characteristics of life (used esp to distinguish organisms from nonliving matter)
- 3) adjective, currently in use or valid
- 4) adjective, seeming to be real
- 5) adjective, (of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extant. Compare extinct
- 6) adjective, geology. another word for live
- 7) adjective, presented by actors before a live audience
- 8) adjective, (intensifier)
- 9) noun, the condition of being alive
- 10) noun, the manner in which one conducts one's life
- 11) noun, the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives
- 12) noun, Church of England. another term for benefice
- 13) noun, of, involving, or characteristic of everyday life
- 14) noun, of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory)
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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alive, work, active, active, livelihood, job, maintenance, occupation, subsistence, bread and butter (informal), sustenance, lifestyle, way, situation, conduct, behaviour, customs, lifestyle, exist, moving, vital, breathing, lively, vigorous, animated, animate, quick (archaic), current, continue, present, develop, contemporary, persist, ongoing, operative, extant