How to use living in a sentence. What do you do for a living (= what is your job?) i mean, i don't like my job but at least it's a living (= a way of earning money). See examples of living used in a sentence. In actual existence or use Pertaining to or suitable for human activity or existence
Of or pertaining to living persons You use living to talk about the places where people relax when they are not working The spacious living quarters were on the second floor The study links the main living area to the kitchen. Living (countable and uncountable, plural livings) (uncountable) the state of being alive Career opportunity […] is the one who never knocks — especially not on the doors of women, who are still hooking, housewifing and hairdressing for their livings
Search for living or livings on wikipedia Wikiquote has quotations related to living. Living, livelihood, maintenance, support refer, directly or indirectly, to what is earned or spent for subsistence Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself ) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase Relating to the routine conduct or maintenance of life Improved living conditions in the city.
There are 14 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word living, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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