Definitions
How to pronounce living:
Living - as an adjective
Pertaining to living persons
Example: "Within living memory"
Living - as a noun
The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
Example: "He could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
The condition of living or the state of being alive
Example: "While there's life there's hope"
The financial means whereby one lives
Example: "Each child was expected to pay for their keep"
Living - as an adjective satellite
True to life; lifelike
Example: "The living image of her mother"
(informal) absolute
Example: "She is a living doll"
Still in existence
Example: "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
Example: "A living language"
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
Example: "Carved into the living stone"
Living - as a verb
To be alive; to have life.
Example: "He's not expected to live for more than a few months."
To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
Example: "I live at 2a acacia avenue. he lives in la, but he's staying here over the summer."
To survive; to persevere; to continue.
Example: "Her memory lives in that song."
To cope.
Example: "You'll just have to live with it! i can't live in a world without you."
To pass life in a specified manner.
Example: "It is difficult to live in poverty. and they lived happily ever after."
To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
Example: "To live an idle or a useful life."
To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
Example: "No ship could live in such a storm."
(followed by "on" or "upon") to maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
Example: "It is hard to live on the minimum wage. they lived on stale bread."
To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
Example: "I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: i want to go out there and live!"
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Word Game Points
LIVING has a SCRABBLE points total of 10.
LIVING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 14.
LIVING has a WORDFEUD points total of 11.
