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living
(informal) absolute
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- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- L
- Ends with
- G
- Contains
- IVIN
- Scrabble score
- 10
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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adjective
(informal) absolute
“she is a living doll”
adjective
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
“carved into the living stone”
adjective
still in active use
“a living language”
adjective
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”
adjective
true to life; lifelike
“the living image of her mother”
adjective
pertaining to living persons
“within living memory”
noun
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
“he could no longer cope with the complexities of life”
noun
people who are still living
“save your pity for the living”
noun
the financial means whereby one lives
“each child was expected to pay for their keep”
noun
the condition of living or the state of being alive
“while there's life there's hope”
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Example Sentences
she is a living doll
scared the living daylights out of them
beat the living hell out of him
carved into the living stone
a living language
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
the living image of her mother
within living memory
he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
save your pity for the living
each child was expected to pay for their keep
he applied to the state for support
he could no longer earn his own livelihood
while there's life there's hope
life depends on many chemical and physical processes
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