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living noun1. ME.
[from LIVE verb + -ING1.]
a. The action of LIVE verb; the fact of being alive or of dwelling in a specified place. ME.
G. Josipovici The ordinary complements to daily living, the plates, the cups, the bowls.
b. The action of leading one's life in a particular (moral, physical, etc.) manner. ME.
c. One's lifetime. LME-L16.
a. A livelihood; a means of maintenance or support. Formerly also, an income, an endowment. ME.
earn a living, get a living, make a living, etc.
N. Gordimer This cocky miss who played the guitar..as if the world owed her a living. E. Leonard Maureen wouldn't a cared what you did for a living.
b. Food; in pl., victuals. LME-M19.
c. The action, process, or method of gaining one's livelihood. M16.
a. Property, esp. landed estate. Also (in pl.), estates, possessions. LME-E19.
b. A holding of land, a tenement. obsolete exc. dial. L16.
Ecclesiastical. A position as a vicar or rector with income or property or both. LME.
R. Macaulay On his last return to Anglicanism, he had accepted a country living.
Phrases: cost of living: see COST noun2. good living a high standard of life, esp. with regard to food and drink. gracious living: see GRACIOUS adjective. plain living and high thinking frugal and philosophic life. standard of living: see STANDARD noun.
Comb.: living area = living space (c) below; living floor Archaeology a well-defined single horizon containing contemporary (esp. prehistoric) material suggesting domestic occupation; living-in, living-out residing in, out of, an employer's premises; living-room (a) a room for general day use; (b) = LEBENSRAUM; living space (a) = LEBENSRAUM; (b) space for accommodation; (c) an area in a room or house for general day use; living standard the level of consumption in terms of food, clothing, services, etc., estimated for a person, group, or nation; living wage a wage on which it is possible to live without undue hardship.
livingless adjective (rare) without a living L19.