living

Từ điển Collocation

living noun

ADJ. comfortable, decent, good He makes a good living as a builder. | meagre She eked out a meagre living as an artist's model.

VERB + LIVING earn, make Her dream was to earn her living as a singer. | eke out, scrape (together), scratch They were forced to scrape a living by selling things on the streets. | do sth for He asked what I did for a living.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; life

    he could no longer cope with the complexities of life

  • people who are still living

    save your pity for the living

  • the condition of living or the state of being alive; animation, life, aliveness

    while there's life there's hope

    life depends on many chemical and physical processes

  • the financial means whereby one lives; support, keep, livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance

    each child was expected to pay for their keep

    he applied to the state for support

    he could no longer earn his own livelihood

    adj.

  • pertaining to living persons

    within living memory

  • true to life; lifelike

    the living image of her mother

  • dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination

    living quarters

    tree-living animals

  • (informal) absolute

    she is a living doll

    scared the living daylights out of them

    beat the living hell out of him

  • still in existence; surviving

    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

    the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania

  • still in active use

    a living language

  • (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";; living(a)

    v.

  • inhabit or live in; dwell, inhabit

    People lived in Africa millions of years ago

    The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted

    this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean

  • lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

    we had to live frugally after the war

  • continue to live; endure or last; survive, last, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

    We went without water and food for 3 days

    These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America

    The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents

    how long can a person last without food and water?

  • support oneself; exist, survive, subsist

    he could barely exist on such a low wage

    Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?

    Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day

  • have life, be alive; be

    Our great leader is no more

    My grandfather lived until the end of war

  • have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; know, experience

    I know the feeling!

    have you ever known hunger?

    I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict

    The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare

    I lived through two divorces

  • pursue a positive and satisfying existence

    You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live

    adj.

  • actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; unrecorded

    a live television program

    brought to you live from Lincoln Center

    live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience

  • exerting force or containing energy

    live coals

    tossed a live cigarette out the window

    got a shock from a live wire

    live ore is unmined ore

    a live bomb

    a live ball is one in play

  • possessing life; alive(p)

    the happiest person alive

    the nerve is alive

    doctors are working hard to keep him alive

    burned alive

    a live canary

  • highly reverberant; live(a)

    a live concert hall

  • charged with an explosive

    live ammunition

    a live bomb

  • elastic; rebounds readily; bouncy, lively, resilient, springy

    clean bouncy hair

    a lively tennis ball

    as resilient as seasoned hickory

    springy turf

  • abounding with life and energy

    the club members are a really live bunch

  • in current use or ready for use

    live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread

  • of current relevance

    a live issue

    still a live option

  • charged or energized with electricity; hot

    a hot wire

    a live wire

  • capable of erupting; alive

    a live volcano

    the volcano is very much alive

    adv.

  • not recorded

    the opera was broadcast live

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: aliveness animation bread and butter keep life livelihood living(a) support surviving sustenancelives|lived|living
syn.: dwell exist house inhabit occupy reside room stay
ant.: dead die