living
About 117.70 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle of live
- adjective Having life; alive.
a living, breathing child
- adjective In use or existing.
Hunanese is a living language.
- adjective True to life.
This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
- adjective Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
- adjective Continually updated; not static
HTML is a living standard.
- adjective Used as an intensifier.
He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
- noun The state of being alive.
Similar words
alive extant animation sustenance keep support aliveness realistic life livelihood
Often followed by
in room and with on at conditions things standards
Word family
livingness livingnesses livings
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