living
Usage
What are other ways to say living?
Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one's living; to threaten one's livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of knitting hats. Maintenance refers usually to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance of someone. Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate.
Example Sentences
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Without his knowing it, everything he sees and hears is uploaded to an unknown party, in an unknown place, as if he were a living pair of smart glasses.
From Los Angeles Times
We are living through an experiment in fiscal capacity, institutional resilience, and technological concentration.
From Barron's
Thomas Fowler is a middle-aged British reporter living in 1950s Saigon with a young Vietnamese woman, Phuong.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature of all species, living and extinct, is their extraordinary interconnectivity.
Starting every January, whenever I finish a book, I place it sidelong atop a shelf in the corner of my living room.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
