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Living ˈlɪvɪŋ Adjective Bre Things Organisms Finest Pianist

Word living
WordType (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 /
  1. alive now
    • all living things
    • living organisms
    • the finest living pianist
    • The elephant is the biggest living land animal.
  2. used or practised now
    • living languages (= those still spoken)
    • a living faith
  3. to hit somebody very hard several times and hurt them very much
    • Get out or I’ll beat the living daylights out of you!
  4. 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.
  5. to frighten somebody very much
  6. at a time, or during the time, that is remembered by people still alive
    • the coldest winter in living memory
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