LIVING


Meaning of LIVING in English

(~s)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

The work that you do for a ~ is the work that you do in order to earn the money that you need.

Father never talked about what he did for a ~...

He earns his ~ doing all kinds of things.

N-COUNT: usu sing

2.

You use ~ when you are talking about the quality of people’s daily lives.

Olivia has always been a model of healthy ~.

...the stresses of urban ~.

N-UNCOUNT: with supp

3.

You use ~ to talk about the places where people relax when they are not working.

The spacious ~ quarters were on the second floor...

The study links the main ~ area to the kitchen.

ADJ: ADJ n

4.

The ~ are people who are alive, rather than people who have died.

The young man is dead. We have only to consider the ~.

? dead

N-PLURAL: the N

5.

in ~ memory: see memory

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