living
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Pronunciation:/ˈlɪvɪŋ/
noun
- 1 [usually in singular] an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it:she was struggling to make a living as a dancer what does he do for a living?
- British (in church use) a position as a vicar or rector with an income or property
- 2 [mass noun] [with adjective or noun modifier] the pursuit of a lifestyle of the specified type:the benefits of country living
adjective
- alive:living creatures (as plural noun the living) flowers were for the living
- [attributive] (of a place) used for living rather than working in:the living quarters of the pub
- (of a language) still spoken and used
- [attributive] literary (of water) perennially flowing:streams of living water
Phrases
be (the) living proof that (or of)
- show by one's existence and qualities that something is the case:she is living proof that hard work need not be ageing
in (or within) living memory
- within or during a time that is remembered by people still alive:the worst recession in living memory
the living image of
- an exact copy or likeness of
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