living

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪvɪŋ

Verb

living

1. present participle of live

Adjective

living (not comparable)

1. Having life.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page ix:

     It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

2. In use or existing.

   Hunanese is a living language.

3. Of everyday life.

   These living conditions are deplorable.

4. True to life.

   This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

5. Used as an intensifier.

   He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

Noun

living (countable and uncountable, plural livings)

1. (uncountable) The state of being alive.
2. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood

   What do you do for a living?

3. A style of life.

   plain living

4. (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
   • 2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War:

     The patron of the living who had the right to nominate a particular priest might make the choice, but the living was actually granted by the local bishop.

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.viŋ/

Noun

living m (plural livings)

1. living room

Etymology

English

Noun

living m (plural livings)

1. living room