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Living

noun

The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities. Synonym: life.

People who are still living.

The condition of living or the state of being alive. Synonyms: aliveness, animation, life. "Life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

The financial means whereby one lives. Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, support, sustenance. "He applied to the state for support" , "He could no longer earn his own livelihood"

adjective

Pertaining to living persons.

True to life; lifelike.

(informal) absolute. "Scared the living daylights out of them" , "Beat the living hell out of him"

Still in existence. Synonym: surviving. "The only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"

Still in active use.

(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried.

Live

verb

(past & past part. lived; pres. part. living)

Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of. Synonyms: dwell, inhabit, populate. "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted" , "This kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean" , "Deer are populating the woods"

Lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.

Continue to live through hardship or adversity. Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live on, survive. "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. Synonyms: exist, subsist, survive. "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. Synonym: be. "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations. Synonyms: experience, know. "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.