Adjective

living (not comparable)

1. A state of having life.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page ix

     It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

2. In use or existing.

   Hunanese is a living language.

3. Of everyday life

   These living conditions are deplorable.

4. True to life.

   This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

5. Used as an intensifier.

   He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

Antonyms

• dead

Derived terms

• living room
• living will

Living

Living may refer to:

• Life, a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms.
  • a living species is one that is not extinct.
• Personal life, the course of an individual human's life
• Living wage, refers to the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living
• Living, in canon law, a position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.

In music:

• Living 2001-2002, a live album by the John Butler Trio
• Living (album), an album by Paddy Casey
• Living Things (band), an American rock band
• Living Thing, an album by Peter, Bjorn and John

In other:

• Martha Stewart Living, a magazine by Martha Stewart
• Living (UK TV channel) and Livingit, television channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland
• Living (TV series), a local daytime show format airing on CBC Television O&Os as of January 2007
• Living Proof (film), television movie about the true story of Dr. Dennis Slamon (played by Harry Connick, Jr.)
• Living Theater

See also:

• Biological material (disambiguation)
• Life (disambiguation)
• Lives (disambiguation)
• Organic (disambiguation)