The meaning of LIVING is having life. 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).

Living definition: having life; being alive; not dead.. See examples of LIVING used in a sentence.

1. having life; being alive. 2. in actual existence or use; extant: living languages. 3. active or thriving; vigorous; strong: a living faith. 4. pertaining to or suitable for human activity or …

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 …

Nov 12, 2025 · living (countable and uncountable, plural livings) (uncountable) The state of being alive. What do you do for a living? Career opportunity […] is the one who never knocks — …

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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 …

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.