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Living ˈlɪvɪŋ Adjective Bre Things Organisms Finest Pianist
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living |
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(adjective) |
| Phonetic |
BrE / ˈlɪvɪŋ / NAmE / ˈlɪvɪŋ / |
| Example |
- all living things
- living organisms
- the finest living pianist
- the elephant is the biggest living land animal.
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living(adjective)BrE / ˈlɪvɪŋ / NAmE / ˈlɪvɪŋ / - alive now
- all living things
- living organisms
- the finest living pianist
- The elephant is the biggest living land animal.
- used or practised now
- living languages (= those still spoken)
- a living faith
- to hit somebody very hard several times and hurt them very much
- Get out or I’ll beat the living daylights out of you!
- to show by your actions or qualities that a particular fact is true
- These figures are living proof of the government's incompetence.
- He is living proof that not all engineers are boring.
- to frighten somebody very much
- at a time, or during the time, that is remembered by people still alive
- the coldest winter in living memory
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