Living
//ˈlɪvɪŋ//
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The word "living" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective and verb.
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becoming dead breathing change competing for resources death dieing dying eating and breathing eventually die expiration food consumed getting old growing older happiness happyness hard have experiences interaction learning life love loving moving and growing not being dead old age opposite of dying palpitations perspiration pollution questioning purpose of life reproducing respiration sadness sometimes bad suffering surviving
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activities of daily living assisted living by the living jingo clean-living coliving cost of living earn a living everliving free-living high-living in living color in living memory it takes a heap of living to make a house a home it takes a lot of living to make a house a home knock the living daylights out of land of the living landliving living bandage living chamber living conditions living constitution living dead living death living diaper living donation living donor living end living floor living fossil living hell living hinge living history living impaired living language living legend living mulch living museum living newspaper living picture living proof living quarters living rock living room living sculpture living shield living space living standard living statue living stone living street living thing living tissue living tree doctrine living trust living wage living wage living wall living will livingless livingly livingness livingry make a living misliving non-living not a living soul scare the living daylights out of scratch a living simple living sliving sober living house standard of living the world owes one a living unliving what do you do for a living within living memory
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carrying genes forward cells which well organised eating enjoying enjoying life enjoyment existing finding stuff out having fulfilling existence having fun healthy loving making use of life raising family survival of genes sustain life in diversity when awake and aware who fully conscious worshipping god
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