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Definition: Living

Living

Adjective

1. Having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous living painters"; "living tissue"; "living plants and animals".

2. Pertaining to living persons; "within living memory".

3. True to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother".

4. Dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination: "living quarters"; "tree-living animals".

5. (intensifier) "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him".

6. 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"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania".

7. Still in active use; "a living language".

8. Full of life and interest; "made history a living subject".

9. (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";.

Noun

1. The experience of living; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life".

2. People who are still living; "save your pity for the living".

3. The condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes".

4. The financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "living" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Life

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

simple:Life
Alternate meanings: Conway's Game of Life, Hasbro's Game of Life, personal life, Life magazine, Life imprisonment

Life is a primarily biological concept with no simple definition.

Attempts to define the concept of life

The conventional definition

An entity is usually considered to be alive if it exhibits the following phenomena at least once during its existence:

Controversially, according to this definition,

Other definitions

Other definitions include:

Descent with modification: a "useful" characteristic

A useful characteristic upon which to base a definition of life is that of descent with modification: the ability of a life form to produce offspring that are like it, but that also have the possibility of random variations. This characteristic alone is sufficient to allow evolution, assuming the variations in the offspring allow for differential survivability. The study of this form of heritability is called genetics, and in all known life forms, with the exception of prions, the genetic material is primarily DNA, or the related molecule, RNA. Another exception might be the software code of certain forms of virii and programs created through genetic programming, but whether computer programs can be alive even by this definition is still a matter of some contention.

Exceptions to the common definiton

Note that many individual organisms are incapable of reproduction and yet are still generally considered to be "alive;" see mules and ants for examples. However, these exceptions can be accounted for by applying the definition of life on the level of entire species or of individual genes. (For example, see kin selection for information about one way by which non-reproducing individuals can still enhance the spread of their genes and the survival of their species.)

Virii reproduce, flames grow, some software programs mutate and evolve, future software programs will probably evince (even high-order) behavior, machines move, and proto-life, consisting of metabolizing cells without reproduction apparatus, can have existed. Still, some would not call these entities alive. Generally, all six characteristics are required for a population to be considered alive.

The possibility of extraterrestrial life

As of 2003, Earth is the only planet in the universe known by humans to support life. The question of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe remains an open question, although the probability that Earth is the only location in the universe, or even the galaxy, that harbors life, is extremely low. There have been a number of false alarms of life elsewhere in the universe, but none of these apparent discoveries have so far survived scientific scrutiny.

Currently, the closest that scientists have come to finding extraterrestrial life is fossil evidence of possible bacterial life on Mars. There also may be simple life forms on Jupiter's moons.

Other facts

All life on Earth is based on the chemistry of carbon compounds. Some assert that this must be the case for all possible forms of life throughout the universe; others describe this position as 'carbon chauvinism'.

The most successful animal of the earth, in terms of biomass, is the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, with a biomass of probably over 500 million tonnes.

Lifespan is the length of life in each species. Death is the termination of life in a living system, or in part thereof. Some people think that life was created by God or gods.

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Synonyms: Living

Synonyms: live (adj), living(a) (adj), surviving (adj), aliveness (n), animation (n), bread and butter (n), keep (n), life (n), livelihood (n), support (n), sustenance (n). (additional references)
Antonym: dead (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Living

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Animal

Beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, dumb creature; zoophyte.

Business

Office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service; (servitude); engagement; undertaking.

Office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service; (servitude); engagement; undertaking.

Churchdom

Pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy; prelacy; bishopric, bishopdom; episcopate, episcopacy; see, diocese; deanery, stall; canonry, canonicate; prebend, prebendaryship; benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure; rectorship; vicariate, vicarship; deaconry, deaconship; curacy; chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship; cardinalate, cardinalship; abbacy, presbytery.

Food

Comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia; cereals; viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living.

Gluttony

Epicurism; good living, high living; edacity, gulosity, crapulence; guttling, guzzling; pantophagy.

Intellect

Phrase: ens rationis; frons est animi janua; locos y ninos dicen la verdad; mens sola loco non exulat; " my mind is my kingdom "; " stern men with empires in their brains "; " the mind, the music breathing from her face "; " thou living ray of intellectual Fire ".

Intemperance

Noun: intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; tragalism; pleasure; effeminacy, silkiness; luxury, luxuriousness; lap of pleasure, lap of luxury; free living.

Indulgence; high living, wild living, inabstinence, self-indulgence; voluptuousness; Adjective: epicurism, epicureanism; sybaritism; drug habit.

Life

Adjective: living, alive; in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living; on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated; animative; lively. (active); all alive and kicking; tenacious of life; full of life, yeasty.

Mankind

Human being; person, personage; individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody; one; such a one, some one; soul, living soul; earthling; party, head, hand; dramatis personae; quidam.

Organization

Noun: organized world, organized nature; living nature, animated nature; living beings; organic remains, fossils.

Repute

Phrase: one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever; sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus; not to know him argues oneself unknown; none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Living

English words defined with "living": cost of livingliving substance, living thing, living together, living will. (references)
Specialty definitions using "living": cost of living adjustment, cost of living indexHIGH LIVINGindex of prices for cost of livinglevel of living, living fuel, living index, living probate, living standard, living unitseparate living quarters. (references)
Etymologies containing "living": Zouave. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Living" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Spanish (living room, lounge).

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Modern Usage: Living

DomainUsage

Screenplays

What do you do for a living, Mr. Fletch (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman. Based on the novel by Gregory McDonald.)

You've been living in a dream world, Neo. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

A town of people living in the sweet hereafter (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

Two of them were killers that never made it past the age of 35. The other is a non-practicing attorney, living within the pain of his past, too afraid to let go, finding reassurance instead of confronting its horror (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

Lyrics

I say we're living on love they say we're living in sin (Living In Sin; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

And I soon grew up to realise what living in the doghouse means (Legend In My Living Room; performing artist: Len)

But you're living on instinct (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC)

And I am happy now living without you (The Sign; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

I recommend walking around naked in your living room (You Learn; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Clever

Pity is for living, envy is for dead. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Living dead (references; author: unknown)

A giving church is a living church. (references; author: unknown)

Praying is hard; living without it is harder. (references; author: unknown)

Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

House of the Living Dead (1973)

Crypt of the Living Dead (1973)

The Blues Is Alive and Well and Living in Chicago (1970)

Time for Living (1969)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Song Titles

Living Inside Myself (performing artist: Gino Vannelli)

Living It Up (performing artist: Ja Rule featuring Case)

Living In America (performing artist: James Brown)

Living In The Country (performing artist: Leo Kottke)

LIVING YEARS  (performing artist: Mike & The Mechanics )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Living

DomainTitle

References

  • Vital Living Products, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Assisted Living Concepts Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Brookdale Living Communities, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Capital Senior Living Corpn: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • ARV Assisted Living, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • Az Élo Rózsafüzér kunszentmártoni társulatának jegyzokönyvei 1851-1940 = Minutes of the Living Rosary confraternity in Kunszentmárton, 1851-1940 (reference)

  • Confronted by Love: God's Principles for Daily Living from 2 Corinthians/Paperback Commentary/Pub Order No S391101 (Bible Commentary for Laymen) (reference)

  • Simple Confucianism: A Guide to Living Virtuously (reference)

  • Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West (reference)

  • Senior Living Communities: Operations Management and Marketing for Assisted Living, Congregate, and Continuing Care Retirement Communities (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Large Format - The Living Sea (reference)

  • Living Out Loud (reference)

  • French & Saunders - Living in a Material World (reference)

  • Night of the Living Dead (Millennium Edition) (reference)

  • BackHab - The Water Way to Mobility and Pain Free Living (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Living

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Photo Album: Living

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This is Gordon Isaacs, the first patient treated with the linear accelerator (radiation therapy) for retinoblastoma in 1957. Gordon's right eye was removed January 11, 1957 because the cancer had spread. His left eye, however, had only a localized tumor that prompted Henry Kaplan to try to treat it with the electron beam. Gordon is now living in the east bay, and his vision in the left eye is normal. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A scientist is feeding living cells with media (red liquid) under a laminar flow hood. The old solution of cells and media are centrifuged with the cells remaining on the bottom. The old media is then removed and the new media is added. The laminar flow hood insures a sterile environment to prevent contamination of the cells. Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

The compound microscope on the right is used to identify mounted specimens, while the stereoscopic microscope, along with chemicals on the left is used to observe living larvae captured from the field. Credit: CDC.

Note the herpetic lesions on the palmar surface of the left ring finger. Living in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord, under stressful conditions, the herpes viruses migrate along the pathways of peripheral nerve distribution. Credit: CDC.

"Living in a Box" by Rainer Wonisch. Use the arrow keys to rotate the box to see what's inside.

Living in a railroad box-car left on the siding Ford Kurtz - member of early level crew. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

An "O" camp wanigan - observer's living space while at station Heating very inefficient - top bunks at 100 degrees Bottom bunk at 0 degrees. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Hallway in the South Pole Station living quarters. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

High seas fisheries: Ocean pelagic resources living near the surface are exploit ed by purse seiners and surface long-liners . Top: Italian purse seiner fishing in the central Adriatic. Middle: Bluefin tuna caught in the South Tyrrh enian by a purse seiner. Bottom:Distant-water surface longliner operating in the Mediterranean. Credit: Fisheries.

Demersal Fisheries: Species living near the bottom are exploited by trawlers. Top: Landings from trawlers in the market of Mazara del Vallo (Sicily), Italy. Bottom: Spanish trawler in the northwestern Mediterranean. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Living
 

"Unborn Living Treasure - Pregn" by Jake Campbell
Commentary: "One life that will not be unjustifiably ended for selfish reasons. One life that has a chance and a choice. One life that will live."
"Sunset In Living Room 4" by Jasper Zeinstra
Commentary: "Sunset in holland with beautifull shadows on the courtans."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Living

AuthorQuotation

Auguste Comte

The dead govern the living.

Author Unknown

Making a life comes before making a living.

Guillaume

Living from hand to mouth.

John Milton

To live a life half dead, a living death.

Marshall Fishwick

The uncommitted life isn't worth living.

Nikita S. Khrushchev

The living will envy the dead.

Pollok

Living jewels, dropped unstained from heaven.

Socrates

An unexamined life is not worth living.

St. Joannes Chrysostomus

The drunken man is a living corpse.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Living

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Men living together according to reason, without a common superior on earth, with authority to judge between them, is properly the state of nature. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

In bourgeois society, living labour is but a means to increase accumulated labour. (reference)

Abraham Lincoln

1863

The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. (The Gettysburg Address)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Whereas the League of Nations has for its object the establishment of universal peace, and such a peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice; And whereas conditions of labour exist involving such injustice, hardship, and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently required: as, for example, by the regulation of the hours of work, including the establishment of a maximum working day and week, the regulation of the labour supply, the prevention of unemployment, the provision of an adequate living wage, the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his employment, the protection of children, young persons and women, provision for old age and injury, protection of the interests of workers when employed in countries other than their own recognition of the principle of freedom of association, the organisation of vocational and technical education and other measures; Whereas also the failure of any nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way of other nations which desire to improve the conditions in their own countries; The HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES, moved by sentiments of justice and humanity as well as by the desire to secure the permanent peace of the world, agree to the following: CHAPTER l. (reference)

United Nations

1948

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Living

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

If this is living in the country, it is nothing very formidable

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

This image, so nearly identical with the living Pearl, seemed to communicate somewhat of its own shadowy and intangible quality to the child herself

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Their manners comported with all sorts of involuntary refinements which were the ancient regime itself, buried, but living.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He knelt before the altar with his classmates, holding the altar cloth with them over a living rail of hands

Time Enough for Love

Robert Heinlein

A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

But, teLL me is young George Stanley living.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The heat goes out of it like the living heat that leaves a corpse

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

By all which acquirements, I should be a living treasury of knowledge and wisdom, and certainly become the oracle of the nation

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living.

Sonnets

William Shakespeare

How would, I say, mine eyes be blessed made by looking on thee in the living day, when in dead night thy fair imperfect shade through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Living

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Ezzat S. Living with acromegaly. (references)

Bacteria are tiny living organisms. (references)

Gluten-Free Living (a bimonthly newsletter) P. (references)

Business

They have become an increasing annoyance to residents living nearby. (references)

Manufacturers should target new collections at groups, living styles or themes. (references)

The number of Greek people living more comfortable middle class lives rose quickly. (references)

Children

Indonesia

Nevertheless, many citizens with disabilities citizens beg for a living. (references)

Indonesia

Of the 1,600 street children living in Yogyakarta, about 25 percent are girls. (references)

Sweden

Government assistance also includes services such as home care or group living. (references)

Civil Liberties

Afghanistan

PVSV officials stated that taking pictures of living things was forbidden. (references)

Somalia

The refugees were living in an open yard at the Hamar school at year's end. (references)

Mauritania

There is a population of approximately 300 Sierra Leoneans living in Nouakchott. (references)

Discrimination

Cyprus

While each community generally respects such laws, significant problems remained concerning the treatment of the Greek Cypriots and Maronites living in the north and, to a lesser extent, with the treatment of Turkish Cypriots living in the government-controlled area. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

Most Bangladeshis earn their living from agriculture. (references)

Portugal

There also are about 16,000 Americans living in Portugal. (references)

Human Rights

Lithuania

Their living conditions were described as inhuman and degrading. (references)

Papua New Guinea

Prison guards' living conditions are as poor as those of the prisoners. (references)

Bangladesh

The 11 others, living outside of the country, were convicted in absentia. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

Although indigenous Khasis have been living on these lands for generations, the Government does not recognize their claims of ownership. (references)

Indonesia

At year's end, the Moronene still were living in Hukaea-Laeya village, but they feared further destruction of their settlements since the Government has not changed its position that they must leave. (references)

Dominica

Until 1979 the Carib Constitution allowed Carib men married to non-Carib women to continue living on the Carib reserve but dictated that Carib women married to non-Carib men had to move off the reservation. (references)

Minorities

India

The rest still are displaced, but many are living in Jammu and New Delhi. (references)

Cyprus

UNFICYP access to Greek Cypriots and Maronites living in the north remained limited. (references)

Slovak Republic

Among Roma living in settlements in the east, the unemployment rate is nearly 100 percent. (references)

Political Economy

Greece

Residents enjoy a high standard of living. (references)

Turkmenistan

Anecdotal evidence indicates the standard of living is not high. (references)

Macau

Most citizens still enjoy a comparatively high standard of living. (references)

Political Rights

Japan

In 1998 the Diet granted citizens living overseas the right to vote for candidates in national elections in races based on proportional representation. (references)

Angola

The Electoral Law also calls for the election of three additional deputies to represent citizens living abroad; however, those positions were not filled in the 1992 elections. (references)

Cyprus

Similarly Greek Cypriots and Maronites living in the north are barred by law from participating in Turkish Cypriot elections; they are eligible to vote in Greek Cypriot elections but must travel to the south to exercise that right. (references)

Trade

Korea

Korean residents living offshore longer than two years can purchase foreign real estate without any limit. (references)

China

The World Bank's purpose is to help borrowers reduce poverty and improve living standards through sustainable growth and investment. (references)

Nepal

Approval is also required to draw, accept or negotiate any bills of exchange, promissory notes or loans, if the payee is a person living outside of Nepal. (references)

Travel

Denmark

Denmark has a high standard of living. (references)

Georgia

Living conditions are improving but generally below American standards. (references)

Australia

Serviced apartment/hotels, with kitchens and living rooms, are available. (references)

Women

Canada

Living (wholly or partially) on the earnings of prostitution of others is illegal. (references)

Singapore

Public solicitation, living on the earnings of a prostitute, and maintaining a brothel are illegal. (references)

Micronesia

Unmarried women sometimes are considered to have invited such violence by living or traveling alone. (references)

Worker Rights

Brunei

Living and working conditions for these persons generally are poor. (references)

Syria

These wages do not provide a decent standard of living for a worker and family. (references)

East Timor

UNTAET can not provide for a decent standard of living for a worker and family. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Living

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Art Linkletter

Oh, this is coming into my living room and this is the kind of stuff that we used to associate with guys with the coats going into the theaters and watching the porno pictures.

Dennis Miller

Now because of technology we can go through the entire day without ever talking to a single living person.

Gloria Allred

It's really hard for her, to, to have the live in the same neighborhood that the house exists as Mr. Westerfield was living in.

Karl Lagerfeld

Several things. First, don't forget Germany after the war was not the most exciting place. I didn't even know that one could make a living in fashion.

Lynda Carter

They're both still living. But I have to say that I think my father is one of my best friends. He is just an inspiration, as is my mother.

Martha Stewart

We publish about three or four books a year, not just my own, but Martha Stewart's Living Books. They are really useful books. As the magazine is useful, the books are just as useful.

Peter Jennings

This is about catching a moment when just one of the men suggested that if he were a Palestinian living under occupation, he might do what the bomber did. Listen.

Rush Limbaugh

The liberals are living a lie.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Living

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837To ascertain in all cases whether the original claimant is living and this by actual personal inspection.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929Conditions must be provided under which people can make a living and work out of their difficulties.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Further adjustments to compensate for increased living costs are required.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963But it is not our military might, or our higher standard of living, that has most distinguished us from our adversaries.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974If we succeed, generations to come will say of us now living that we mastered our moment, that we helped make the world safe for mankind.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977Increasing health costs are of deep concern to all and a powerful force pushing up the cost of living.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Trevor, yours is the living spirit of brotherly love.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Americans living longer than ever must save more than ever.

George W. Bush

2001-2005As productivity rises, so do wages, and our standard of living.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Living

"Living" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 56.30% of the time. "Living" is used about 9,962 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)56.3%5,6091,757
Adjective (general or positive)38.41%3,8272,551
Noun (singular)5.18%51611,767
Noun (proper)0.1%10111,207
                    Total100.00%9,962N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Living

The following table summarizes the usage of "living" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
LivingLast name10081,940
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Living

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "living".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
YevaN/AArmenian

Living

EveN/ABiblical

Living

ZenasN/ABiblical

Living

EvaN/ACzech

Living

EvaN/ADutch

Living

AvaN/AEnglish

Living

EvaN/AEnglish

Living

EvieN/AEnglish

Living

EvaN/AGerman

Living

ÉvaN/AHungarian

Living

ÉvikeN/AHungarian

Living

ÉabhaN/AIrish

Living

EvaN/AItalian

Living

ChavaN/AJewish

Living

HavaN/AJewish

Living

EwaN/APolish

Living

EvaN/APortuguese

Living

EvaN/ARussian

Living

EvaN/AScandinavian

Living

EvaN/ASpanish

Living

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Living

CountryNameCountryName
Japan

Japan Living Service Co., Ltd.

USA

ARV Assisted Living, Inc.

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Expressions: Living

Expressions using "living": a bare living Activities of Daily Living any man living art of living bare living be in the land of the living church living cost of living cost of living adjustment cost of living allowance cost of living bonus cost of living index daughter living at home earn a bare living earn a living earn an honest living earn one's living earn one's living by eke out a living eke out one's living free living furnish the living room gain one's living get a living get one's living good living gracious living high cost of living high living index of prices for cost of living level of living living accommodations living alone living arrangement living at home living being living beings living condition living conditions living creature living creatures living death living dictionary Living Donors Living Energy Training Living Foods Lifestyle Living force living fuel Living gale living granite Living Health program living in the air living in tranquility living index living language living on smb.'s own living person Living picture Living pledge living probate living quarter living quarters living rock living room living space living spirit living standard living standards living stone living substance living thing living things living together living trust living unit living wage Living Whole living will Living Wills Living Yoga Training loose living luxurious living make a living make a living by make living master in the art of living pick up a living pick up a living by riotous living root for a living scramble for a living scrape a living she washes for a living standard of living style of living the cost of living the costs of living the living the living and the dead the living dead toil for a living. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "living": living-but-dead, living-chamber, living-come-dining, living-conditions, living-cum-bedroom, living-cum-dining, living-dining, living-dining-room, living-flame, living-in, living-kitchen, living-out, living-quarters, living-room, living-rooms, living-space, living-spaces, living-through, living-together, living-with-it.

Ending with "living": bottom-living, cost-of-living, ground-living, group-living, land-living, non-living, re-living, water-living.

Containing "living": cost-of-living allowance, cost-of-living benefit, cost-of-living index, cost-of-living-adjustment.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Living

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cost of living

2,752

living air

388

martha stewart living

2,467

in living color

318

southern living

2,301

southern living house plan

315

living room furniture

1,879

southern living recipe

314

living will

1,627

insight for living

308

cost of living calculator

1,208

living dead doll

300

living trust

1,066

simple living

289

cost of living comparison

985

independent living

245

cost of living index

719

night of the living dead

240

living history

706

country living magazine

237

country living

672

senior living

237

living room

588

decorating living room

235

barbara bill clinton clinton clinton clinton hillary hillary history lewinsky living monica president rodham walters

556

living waterfall

235

southern living magazine

474

living will form

230

southern living at home

454

living color

224

organized living

446

living room design

207

canadian living

443

coastal living

204

frugal living

440

living rooms

191

healthy living

420

living on a budget

190

living

418

casual living

182
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Living

Language Translations for "living"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

sitkamer (living room, living-room, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

shumë i ngjashëm, rrojtje, jetese (kitchen sink), jetesë (alive, livelihood, subsistence), interesant (curiously, entertaining, enthralling, good looking, interesting, interestingly, juicy, nutty, picturesque, sapid), i gjallë (above ground, alive, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, buckish, buoyant, busy, canty, colorful, colourful, crude, dapper, dashing, dynamic, elastic, erect, fresh, frisky, glowing, graphic, graphical, green, humming, intense, jocund, keen, larky, live, lively, mercurial, nimble, noisy, perky, pert, picturesque, playful, poignant, quick, raw, red blooded, saucy, skittish, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, uncooked, vital, vivacious, vivid). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فعال (active, businesslike, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, energetic, forceful, forcible, functional, operative, potent, reliable, trenchant, valid, virtuous), ‏فائدة (advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, good, increase, interest, pay off, pay-book, profit, scoop, use, usefulness, usury, utility, welfare, worth), ‏مفعم بالحياة (dashing, lively, racy, spirited), ‏وظيفة كاهن, ‏حي (active, alive, animate, animated, block, district, existent, graphic, graphical, lifelike, live, lively, neighborhood, neighbourhood, nod, part, pictorial, picturesque, quarter, reanimate, recall, regenerate, section, vivid, ward), ‏الحياة (life, lifetime), ‏السكن (mansion). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

salón (living room). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съществуващ (actual, being, existent, existing, extant, ongoing), средства за препитание, непрекъсващ (straight), начин на живот (mode of life, scheme of life, tenor, way, way of life), на живот, за живеене, живеещ, живеене (habitation, residence), жив (above ground, active, agile, alert, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, lusty, mercurial, mobile, nervous, nimble, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, sharp, skittish, snappy, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vital, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), естествен (artless, honorary, ingenuous, innate, matter of course, native, natural, simple, spontaneous, unceremonious, uncoined, unpretending, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstarched, unstrained, untaught, untutored), бенефиций, първичен (aboriginal, elemental, live, original, primary, prime, primordial, pristine, protogenic, rudimental), прехрана (keep, livelihood, nourishment, subsistence, sustenance), постоянно течащ, издръжка (alimentation, benefit, dependence, keep, maintenance, support, sustentation). (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

sala (living room). (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

sala (hallway, living room). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(alive, to live, work, workmanship), 居住 (Dwell, Dwelled, Dwelt, inhabit, inhabited, Inhabiting, Lived, Occupancy, reside, Resided, residency, Residing). (various references)

   

Czech

  

živobytí (keep, livelihood, subsistence, sustenance), živý (active, airy, alive, animated, bright, brisk, chirpy, clear, exhilarating, gay, heated, high-spirited, lifelike, live, lively, mercurial, perky, pleasant, quick, racy, sprightly, vivacious, vivid), žijící. (various references)

   

Danish

  

leveomkostninger (cost of living, living costs), lønindeksering (COLA, cost of living adjustment, cost-of-living-adjustment), levende jorddaekke (living soil cover, vegetal cover), leveomkostningsindeks (cost of living index, index of prices for cost of living, living index), leveomkostningsindex (cost of living index, index of prices for cost of living, living index), levestandard (level of living, living standard, standard of living), levende brændstof (living fuel), enlig (living alone, single), jordsplantedaekke (living soil cover, vegetal cover), jords vegetationsdaekke (living soil cover, vegetal cover), infektion (infection), indeksreguleret løn (COLA, cost of living adjustment, cost-of-living-adjustment), herigennem at sikre landbrugbefolkningen en rimelig levestandard (thus to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community), friske celler (living cells), farlige i henhold til dette direktiv er følgende stoffer og præparater::ætsende:stoffer og præparater,som i berøring med levende væv kan bevirke en ødelæggelse af disse (destroy them, on contact with living tissues, the following are dangerous within the meaning of this Directive::corrosive substances and preparations:substances and preparations which may), trykkammer (living chamber), dyrtidstillæg (cost of living allowance, cost of living contribution, dearness allowance), dykkerklokke (caisson, diving bell, living chamber, mobile caisson), den virkning, som den ioniserende straaling har paa ligevaegten mellem arter, som lever paa et og samme sted kan man betegne som den biocoenotiske effekt (the effect which ionizing radiations have on the equilibrium between species living in one and the same place may be termed the biocoenotic effect), dagligstue (living-room, sitting-room), brikse med skuffer til sengetoej til belaegningsstuer (living room divan with bedding box), bolig (abode, accommodation, dwelling, residence), bidrage til fremme af beskaeftigelsen og til hoejnelse af levestandarden i medlemsstaterne (to contribute to the growth of employment and a rising standard of living in the Member States), forbedring både af livskvaliteten og af levestandarden (improvement of the quality of life as well as of the standard of living), må ikke opbevares i nærheden af beboelse (keep away from living quarters), S4 (keep away from living quarters), papirløst samliv (companionate marriage, living together of unmarried couple), opretholdelsen af en ligevaegt saavel mellem de levende organismer indbyrdes som mellem disse organismer og det abiotiske miljoe (maintaining equilibrium both amongst living organisms themselves and between these organisms and the abiotic environment), opholdsudgifter (living expenses, subsistence expenses), opholdsstue (living room, sitting room), oekologi er den videnskab, som beskaeftiger sig med studiet af vekselvirkningen mellem de levende organismer og deres miljoe (the study of interrelationships of living organisms with their environment constitutes the science of ecology), Konvention om fiskeri og bevaring af de levende rigdomskilder i Østersøen og Bælterne (Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts), Konventionen om fiskeri og bevaring af de levende rigdomskilder i Østersøen og Bælterne (Convention of Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts, Gdansk Convention), spontanaborteret levende embryo (spontaneously aborted living embryo), stue (living-room, sitting-room), tilfredsstillende leveforhold,herunder isaer boligforhold (especially housing conditions, satisfactory living conditions), udvidelse (expansion), beboelsesvogn (boarding car, caravan, living van, workman's sleeping coach), samboer (person living together), nettoboligarealet er defineret som:arealet af de udfoerte daek med fradrag af de arealer,som optages af mure,skillevaegge,trappeloeb,trappeskakte,kanaler og doere-og vinduesaabninger (door and windowsopenings, ducts, the living space to be taken into consideration is defined as follows:the area of the constructed floor minus that taken up by the main walls, the partitions, the width of the stair treads and the stairwell). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zitkamer (living-room, sitting-room), woonkamer (living room, living-room, sitting-room), huiskamer (living room, living-room, sitting-room). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

loĝoĉambro (living room, living-room, sitting room, sitting-room), familia ĉambro (living room). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

stova (cabinet, chamber, living room, room). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toimeentulo (livelihood, subsistence), ilmielävä (in the flesh, life-like), elossa oleva, elollinen (organic), elatus (livelihood, maintenance, subsistence, sustenance), elanto (livelihood), elävä (animated, live, lively, vivid), eläminen. (various references)

   

French

  

vivants, vivant (live, lively), vie (life, lifetime), habitation (live), en vie, efficace, croûte (livelihood), bénéfice. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

wenkeamer (living room, living-room, sitting-room), húskeamer (living-room, sitting-room). (various references)

   

German

  

lebensunterhalt (cost of living, livelihood, means of subsistence, subsistence), lebend (alive, animate, live), Lebensweise (mode of life, modus vivendi, way of life), lebendig (alive, bubbly, exuberant, fervent, live, livelily, lively, spirited, spiritedly, vital, vivid). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έμβιοσ, έμψυχος (animate), προσ το ζήν (livelihood), που ζει, ζωντανόσ (alive, live, vivid), ζωντανός (alive, animated, fresh, live, vivid), ζων (alive, live, liver), ζωή (being, life, spirit). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חי (active, alive, animate, live, quick). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

eleven (alive, animated, beany, bobbish, brisk, cheerful, kinetic, live, lively, mercurial, mettlesome, peart, perky, picturesque, racy of the soil, rattling, smart, sprightly, spruce, to be full of beans, to feel one's oats, vivacious, vivid), életmód (conduct, lifestyle, mode of life, modus vivendi, port, rate of living, style of living, way of life). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

einstæður (living alone, single). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mata pencaharian (livelyhood). (various references)

   

Inuktitut

  

pulaaqvik (living room). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vivo (alive, bright, deep, lifelike, live, lively, living person, quick, racy, raw, sharp, soul). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

衣食 (food and clothing, livelihood), 現存 (existing, extant, Real Presence), 生計 (livelihood), 生活  (life one's daily existence), 生活 (life, livelihood), 生息 (inhabiting), 在世 (being alive), リビア山猫 (liberation, libido, Libyan wildcat, lift, liftback, living kitchen, living room, living room set, living stock, makeover, rebate, reboot, reference, reference guide, referencer, refinance, refine, reflation, reflect, reflection, reflective, reform instructor, reform plan, refrain, refresh, refreshment, repeat, repeater, replace, replicate, replication, reply, repression, reprint, reproduction, revision, rib, rib roast, rift, ripple, rivet, updating), 暮らし (circumstances, livelihood, subsistence), 棲息 (inhabitting), 栖息 (inhabitting), (dwelling). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

リビング , ざいせい (being alive, economy, financial affairs), くらし (circumstances, livelihood, subsistence), せいそく (correct, formal, inhabiting, inhabitting, normal, proper, regular, systematic), せいかつ (life, livelihood, secant), せいけい (cast, direct descent, legitimate line, livelihood, mold, orthopedics, plastic surgery, politics and economics, press, west longitude), いしょく (different color, engrafting, entrusting, food and clothing, implantation, livelihood, novelty, porting, transplanting, unique), げんぞん (existing, extant, Real Presence), げんそん (decrease, existing, extant, great-great-grandchild, real existence, Real Presence), じゅう (10, dwelling, ten, thing, utensil). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(four). (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

dnevna soba (living room). (various references)

   

Manx

  

mayrnagh (survivor), er mayrn (existence, remaining, surviving, undestroyed). (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

tsi kanonhsiyo (living room). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

livsførsel, levende, levebrød (livelihood). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

sala (living-room, lounge, parlour, salon, salt, sitting-room), hadrei (living-room, sitting-room). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivinglay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vivo (above-ground, active, acute, adroit, agile, alert, alive, argute, bobbish, bouncing, brainy, breezy, bright, brisk, buoyant, chirpy, clear-sighted, clinking, coltish, cork, corky, crisp, dapper, diagram, fervent, frisky, gaudy, gay, graphic, graphical, hasty, hurry, intense, juicy, keen, kittenish, knowing, light, lightsome, live, lively, luminous, lusty, mercurial, mettled, mettlesome, nimble, nippy, parky, perky, pert, picturesque, poignant, quick, racy, rattling, resilient, shrewd, smart, spanking, speaking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, subtil, subtile, subtle, swift, swift-handed, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, watchful, zippy), vida (alacrity, enthusiasm, existence, life, life-span, pulse, raciness, subsistence, vitality, vivacity, world), sustento (diet, feed, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, maintenance, nourishment, nurture, pabulum, subsistence, support, sustenance), subsistência (maintenance, persistence, subsistence), modo de vida (career, lifestyle), existente (alive, being, existent, existing, extant, prevailing), existência (existence, life, subsistence), contemporâneo (coeval, contemporaneous, contemporary, present-day), benefício eclesiástico (benefice), ativo (abuzz, acting, active, adroit, aggressive, agile, alive, astir, brisk, busy, deedful, efficient, energetic, havings, industrious, light, live, lively, nippy, operative, pushful, quick, rangy, rustler, smart, spry, stirring, strenuous, vivacious, vivid), animador (animator, cheering, impeller, livener, rousing). (various references)

   

Provencal

  

sala d'estar (living room). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

locuinţã (abode, accommodations, apartment, digging, dwelling, home, homestead, house, housing, inhabitation, Lodge, lodging, lodgment, place, residence, rooms, tenement, whereabouts), luminos (bright, brilliant, candent, cheerful, clear, glorious, glowing, happy, light, lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous, serene), activ (acting, active, actively, afoot, aggressive, agile, alive, assets, bouncing, brisk, busy, dapper, diligent, dynamic, efficient, energetic, fierce, go ahead, industrious, operative, pragmatic, quick, regular, spry), aidoma (alike), aprins (ablaze, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, bright, brilliant, burning, eager, fervent, fiery, glowing, hasty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hothead, kindled, live, lurid, mercurial, passionate, peppery, perfervid, sharp, sudden, vehement, violent, vivid), domiciliu (abode, domicile, dwelling place, home, house, inhabitation, residence, residency), energic (a live wire, active, alive, brisk, buoyant, dapper, drastic, dynamic, emphatic, energetic, energetically, forcible, full of beans, humming, iron, keen, lively, managing, mightily, peppy, peremptory, pushful, pushing, sharp, snappy, stout, stoutly, strenuous, strong, strong-minded, trenchant, virile), în viaţã (above ground, alive, live), harnic (active, busily, busy, diligent, diligently, hard working, hardworking, industrious, industriously, light footed, operose, sedulous, spry, toilsome), viu (alive, animate, animated, breathing, bright, eager, eternal, forcible, fresh, glowing, green, high, hot stuff, intense, intensely, live, lively, natural, never-fading, poignant, rapid, rich, smart, sprightly, strong, vivid, vividly), mod de viaţã (manner, school), sãlãşluire (dwelling, sojourn), trai (existence, life, livelihood, subsistence), viaţã (alacrity, animation, being, biography, career, cheerfulness, day, existence, life, pepper, reality, spirit, sprightliness, vitality), vioi (active, alert, animated, breezy, bright, brisk, briskly, cheery, chirpy, crisp, full of beans, gamy, hasty, hoity toity, lightsome, lithe, live, lively, mercurial, merry, mettlesome, nimble, nimbly, pleasant, quick-witted, racy, Randy, ready, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, vigorous, volatile), existenţã (availability, being, existence, life, presence, reality, subsistence). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

средства к существованию (livelihood, means of subsistence, subsistence, sustenance), очень похожий (life-like, much like), образ жизни (life, lifestyle, mode of life, pattern of life, way of life, way of living), жить....средство к существованию/ живой, живой (alive, animate, bouncy, boyish, breathing, breezy, brisk, cheery, chipper, chirp, chirpy, crisp, dashing, hands-on, high-colored, high-coloured, jazzy, jocund, live, lively, lusty, nimble, oomph, peppy, poignant, quick, rip-roaring, roaring, scintillating, skittish, snappy, sparky, spirited, sprightly, spry, vital, vivacious, vivid, zippy), жилой (residential). (various references)

   

Samoan

  

potu nofonofo (living room). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

deaghad, beò (alive, nm. living creature). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

život (being, life, lifetime, subsistence), živ (alive, hoof: on the hoof, live, quick, rousing, vivid). (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

salottu (living room). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

viviente (alive, animate, denizen, dweller, lively). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

uppehälle (bread, keep, livelihood, subsistence, sustenance), levebröd (keep, livelihood), levande (alive, animate, lifelike, live, on the hoof, quick, vivid). (various references)

   

Thai

  

กำลังคุ (ถ่าน), การครองชีพ, การดำรงชีวิต, ที่มีสภาพตามธรรมชาติ, กลุ่มคนที่มีชีวิต, งอกงาม, รูปแบบชีวิต, มีชีวิตอยู่ (live). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yaşayan (alive, animate, in the flesh, live, lived, quick, vital), yaşama, yaşam (experience, life, lifetime, Vita), sağ (alive, Dexter, offside, right, right hand, right wing), papazlık makamı (chaplaincy), oturma (fit, habitation, inhabitation, occupancy, occupation, residence, sitting, stay, staying), hayat (existence, experience, heart's-blood, life, race, Vita), geçim (bread, bread and butter, getting along, keep, livelihood, subsistence, sustentation, upkeep), güncel (actual, live, newsworthy, timely, topical, up to date), canlı (active, alive, animate, animated, beany, breezy, bright, brightly, brisk, bustling, colorful, colourful, Corky, crisp, crispy, dashing, dewy, driving, exhilarated, expressive, exuberant, feeling, fresh, full of beans, full of life, gay, genially, ginger, gingery, glowing, go-go, graphic, graphical, hearty, humming, in the flesh, inspired, life, live, lively, living being, living creature, lusty, mercurial, mettled, mettlesome, peppy, perky, picturesque, quick, racy, rich, rousing, sappy, saturated, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, springy, swinging, vibrant, vital, vivacious, vivid, warm, with it, zippy). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

яaюaяyю (life). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

існуючий (alive, existent, going, in being, in existence), спосіб життя (goings on, lifestyle, ongoing), харчування (aliment, alimentation, alimony, feed, feeding, food, meal, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, sustentation), засоби для існування (sustenance), жвавий (active, agile, airy, alert, alive, alive and kicking, animated, breezy, brisk, canty, chirpy, crisp, dashing, exhilarated, gleg, jaunty, live, mobile, nimble, peppy, perky, slippy, sprightly, vivid, whisky, youthful, zippy), живий (above ground, alive, animate, live, lively, on the hoof, vegetal, vivacious), дуже схожий. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sống (alive, crude, live, lively, unbaked), hoa lợi sự ăn uống sang trong xa hoa, giống như hệt đang cháy, cuộc sống sinh hoạt cách sinh nhai, củi (firewood, firing), đang tồn tại; sinh động giống lắm, đang sống. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

bywoliaeth, bywiol (animate), byw (alive, animate, life, live, quick). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Living

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

animale, animales, animalia, animalibus, animalis, animalium, animantem, animantia, animantibus, animantium, campestri, campestris, sacerdoti, sacerdotii, sacerdotio, sacerdotioque, sacerdotium, victui, victum, victus, viva, vivae, vivam, vivas, vive, vivi, vivis, vivo, vivorum, vivos, vivum, vivus. (various references)

Avestan200-600

hâitîm, hañt, haitîm, jîvyãm, juyô, jvô, jvañtem. (various references)

Old French900-1400

vegetable. (various references)

Middle English1100-1500

quyk. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Living

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 26, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai katwkhsen isaak en geraroiV
Latin405VulgateMansit itaque Isaac in Geraris
Middle English1395WyclifAnd so Ysaac dwelte in Gerarys.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd Isaac dwelled in Gerar.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Basic English1964OgdenSo Isaac went on living in Gerar;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Living

LanguageGenesis Chapter 26, Verse 6
CebuanoBusa, mipuyo si Isaac sa Gerar.
CroatianTako Izak ostane u Geraru.
DanishSå blev Isak boende i Gerar.
DutchAlzo woonde Izak te Gerar.
FinnishNiin Iisak asettui Gerariin.
FrenchEt Isaac resta à Guérar.
GermanAlso wohnte Isaak zu Gerar.
Haitian Creole¶ Se konsa Izarak rete kote yo rele Gera a.
HungarianLakozék azért Izsák Gérárban.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariJadi tinggallah Ishak di Gerar.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaHata, maka Ishakpun duduklah di Gerar.
Korean이 삭 이 그 랄 에 거 하 였 더 니
Maori¶ Na ka noho a Ihaka i Kerara:
NorwegianSå blev Isak boende i Gerar.
PortugueseAssim habitou Isaque em Gerar.   
RumanianAstfel Isaac a rqmas la Gherar.
SwedishSå stannade Isak kvar i Gerar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Living

Derivations

Words beginning with "living": livingly, livingness, livingnesses, livings. (additional references)

Words ending with "living": misliving, nonliving, outliving, overliving, reliving, unliving. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Living" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iving, Kinvig, Lavengro, lavin, Lavina, Levinger, levinz, levyng, licin, Licino, lieing, Liping, Liqing, livan, livent, livi, livigno, livin, livng, Livno, Lixin, lovind, luvian, luvin, luving, Luvunga, lving, lyvyng, viling, viving. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Living"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "living" (pronounced li"ving)
5l i" v i ngreliving.
4-i" v i ngforgiving, giving, misgiving, sieving, thanksgiving, unforgiving.
3-v i ngapproving, absolving, achieving, arriving, behaving, believing, braving, calving, caregiving, carving, caving, conceiving, conniving, conserving, craving, curving, deceiving, delving, depriving, deriving, deserving, disapproving, disbelieving, dissolving, diving, driving, earthmoving, engraving, evolving, grieving, halving, having, heaving, improving, interleaving, interweaving, involving, jiving, leaving, lifesaving, loving, misbehaving, moving, observing, paving, perceiving, preserving, proving, raving, receiving, relieving, removing, reserving, resolving, retrieving, reviving, revolving, revving, saving, serving, shaving, shelving, shoving, skydiving, solving, starving, staving, striving, surviving, thieving, thriving, unbelieving, undeserving, unnerving, unswerving, waiving, waving, weaving.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Living

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-i-i-l-n-v"

-1 letter: vigil.

-2 letters: ling.

-3 letters: gin, lin, nil, vig.

-4 letters: in, li.

 Words containing the letters "g-i-i-l-n-v"
 

+1 letter: livings, vailing, veiling, vialing.

 

+2 letters: anviling, availing, caviling, deviling, gingival, inveigle, livening, livingly, reliving, reviling, rivaling, unliving, veilings, vialling, vigilant, virginal, vittling.

 

+3 letters: anvilling, believing, cavilling, devilling, divulging, driveling, evildoing, frivoling, genitival, inveigled, inveigler, inveigles, involving, lavishing, misliving, nonliving, outliving, relieving, rivalling, silvering, slivering, sniveling, swiveling, unveiling, vigilance, vigilante, vilifying, violating, virginals.

 

+4 letters: almsgiving, bedeviling, bloviating, civilising, civilizing, delivering, dissolving, disvaluing, drivelling, eluviating, enlivening, evildoings, frivolling, invaliding, inveiglers, inveigling, invigilate, invitingly, involuting, javelining, levigating, levigation, levitating, lifesaving, livingness, misvaluing, novelising, novelizing, overliving, prevailing, reavailing, rivetingly, salivating, shriveling, snivelling, swivelling, televising, thrivingly, travailing, unavailing, unveilings, validating, valorising, valorizing, velarizing, victualing, vigilances, vigilantes, vigilantly, virginally, vitalising, vitalizing, vitrioling, vocalising, vocalizing, vowelizing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Names: Derived from
18. Names: Company Usage
19. Expressions
20. Expressions: Internet
21. Translations: Modern
22. Translations: Ancient
23. Bible Trace
24. Derivations
25. Rhymes
26. Anagrams
27. Bibliography


  

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