living
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
living/ˈlɪvɪŋ/
▶noun an income sufficient to live on, or the means of earning it.
■ Brit. (in church use) a position as a vicar or rector with an income or property.
▶adjective alive.■ (of a language) still spoken and used.
■ literary (of water) always flowing.
– phrases
in (or within) living memory within or during a time that is remembered by people still alive.
the living image of an exact copy or likeness of.
in (or within) living memory within or during a time that is remembered by people still alive.
the living image of an exact copy or likeness of.
'living' also found in these Oxford entries:
abiotic
- abject
- Abkhaz
- abode
- Achinese
- Afar
- Afro-Caribbean
- ahimsa
- Algonquin
- alien
- alive
- allelochemical
- Amish
- amphibian
- amphibious
- anabolism
- animal
- animism
- annual
- ant
- antioxidant
- Apache
- apart
- apostlebird
- aquatic
- Arapaho
- arboreal
- Arctic
- arenaceous
- artel
- aura
- axenic
- Azeri
- Bambara
- baobab
- Bashkir
- basic wage
- Basotho
- Basque
- bedsit
- being
- bicoastal
- binomial
- bio-
- bioaccumulate
- bioassay
- biocentrism
- biochemistry
- biocide
- bioclimatic
