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nounthe experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
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"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"adjectivestill in existence
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nounthe financial means whereby one lives
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nounthe condition of living or the state of being alivetype of:
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"she is a living doll" "scared the living daylights out of them" "beat the living hell out of him"adjective(informal) absolute
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"save your pity for the living"nounpeople who are still livingOpposite:type of:
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"a living language"adjectivestill in active use
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"the living image of her mother"adjectivetrue to life; lifelike
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"carved into the living stone"adjective(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
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"within living memory"pertaining to living persons
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- "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"
- "she is a living doll"
- "scared the living daylights out of them"
- "beat the living hell out of him"
- "save your pity for the living"
- "a living language"
- "the living image of her mother"
- "carved into the living stone"
- "within living memory"