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adjDefinition of LIVING
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a : having life b : active, functioning <living languages>
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a : full of life or vigor b : true to life : vivid <televised in living color> c : suited for living <the living area>
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: involving living persons
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: very —used as an intensive <scared the living daylights out of me>
— liv·ing·ness noun
Examples of LIVING
- I was taught to respect all living things.
- His aunt is his closest living relative.
- He's one of our greatest living authors.
- It was the first time I had ever seen a living, breathing bear in the wild.
First Known Use of LIVING
before 12th century
Related to LIVING
Synonyms: alive, functional, functioning, going, live, active, on, operating, operational, operative, running, working
Antonyms: broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative
Related Words: effective, effectual; employable, operable, usable (also useable), viable, workable; performing, producing, productive, serving, useful, yielding; astir, bustling, busy, dynamic, flourishing, humming, roaring, thriving
Near Antonyms: deactivated, decommissioned; ineffective, ineffectual, useless; inoperable, unusable, unworkable; arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetating
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