Wondering how to hyphenate the English word living? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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The experience of being alive The course of human events and activities He could no longer cope with the complexities of life |
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People who are still living Save your pity for the living |
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The condition of living or the state of being alive While there's life there's hope Life depends on many chemical and physical processes |
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The financial means whereby one lives Each child was expected to pay for their keep He applied to the state for support He could no longer earn his own livelihood |
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Pertaining to living persons Within living memory |
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True to life Lifelike The living image of her mother |
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(informal) absolute She is a living doll Scared the living daylights out of them Beat the living hell out of him |
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Still in existence 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 |
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Still in active use A living language |
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(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place Not mined or quarried Carved into the living stone |