living

/lˈɪvɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
“he could no longer cope with the complexities of life”
people who are still living
“save your pity for the living”
the condition of living or the state of being alive
“while there's life there's hope”
the financial means whereby one lives
“each child was expected to pay for their keep”

adjective

pertaining to living persons
“within living memory”
true to life; lifelike
“the living image of her mother”
(informal) absolute
“she is a living doll”
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”
still in active use
“a living language”
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
“carved into the living stone”

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