(~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