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having life; active, functioning; exhibiting the life or motion of nature : natural… See the full definition
Living definition: having life; being alive; not dead. See examples of LIVING used in a sentence.
a good/comfortable/modest living He took a job in the City because he couldn't make a good living out of his writing.
“To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that.
As a noun, living means the state of being alive or "enough money to live." You might say, for example, that you write poetry for fun, but you work cleaning hotel rooms to earn a living.
(Definition of living from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word living, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
He and his wife have an unusual living arrangement; they work in different cities and only see each other on weekends.
You're living under the same roof. Slowly carrying the full cups into the living room, she handed one to Alex. I've been living in the same apartment with you for two years.
Definition of living noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.