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    liv·ing
    [ˈliviNG]
    noun
    living (noun) · livings (plural noun)
    1. 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 ENGLISH
        (in church use) a position as a vicar or rector with an income or property:
        "he was offered the living of St. Katherine's"
    2. the pursuit of a lifestyle of the specified type:
      "the benefits of country living"
    adjective
    living (adjective)
    1. alive:
      "living creatures" · "flowers were for the living"
      • (of a place) used for living rather than working in:
        "the living quarters of the ship"
      • (of a language) still spoken and used.
      • literary
        (of water) perennially flowing:
        "streams of living water"
    live
    [liv]
    verb
    living (present participle)
    1. remain alive:
      "I'll never forget it as long as I live" · "both cats lived to a ripe old age"
      • be alive at a specified time:
        "he lived four centuries ago"
      • spend one's life in a particular way or under particular circumstances:
        "people are living in fear in the wake of the shootings" · "he was living a life of luxury in Australia"
      • supply oneself with the means of subsistence:
        "they live by hunting and fishing"
      • survive in someone's mind; be remembered:
        "only the name lived on"
      • have an exciting or fulfilling life:
        "he couldn't wait to get out of school and really start living"
    2. make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person:
      "I've lived in New England all my life" · "they lived with his grandparents"
    Origin
    Old English libban, lifian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leven and German leben, also to life and leave.
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    noun
    1. an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it:
      livelihood
      income
      means
      subsistence
      keep
      maintenance
      sustenance
      nourishment
      daily bread
      upkeep
      job
      day job
      work
      employment
      occupation
      trade
      profession
      career
      source of income
      means of support
      • the pursuit of a lifestyle of the specified type:
        way of life
        lifestyle
        life
        conduct
        behavior
        activities
        customs
        habits
        ways
        manner of living
        way of living
        mode of living
      adjective
      1. alive:
        alive
        live
        animate
        organic
        biological
        sentient
        breathing
        moving
        existing
        existent
        quick
        having life
        Opposite:
        dead
        inanimate
        extinct
      verb
      1. make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person:
        reside
        lodge
        board
        inhabit
        occupy
        populate
        stay
        dwell
        sojourn
        bide
        have one's home
        have one's residence
        be settled
        be housed
        be domiciled
       
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