living
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
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los vivos
- And now it's for you, the living, to finish this work.
- the living and the dead
- world of the living
You are often grieving the living instead of the dead.
- You are often grieving the living instead of the dead.
Examples
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You are often grieving the living instead of the dead.
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Thus, two participants had no living children at the time of the study.
Academic text (2011) -
Not having seen another living soul for a while, I was starting to get nervous.
Fiction book (1991) -
And then he says the living remained and suffered.
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they will not benefit the living nor the future
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This land is tainted because it is a bridge between the land of the living and the dead.
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Our faith is a living thing, precisely because it walks hand-in-hand with doubt.
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Christmas was no mere formal duty; it was a living expression of an emerging middle-class culture.
Academic text (1990) -
In order to determine the duration of exposure to arsenic, lifestyle and living conditions have to be considered.
Academic text (2008) -
The stories of the living often include tales of love, loss, and resilience.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Living used with 'the' means the people who are alive and comes from the same root as life, so 'the living' are those who are still alive rather than the dead.