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living

 
 
/ˈlɪvɪŋ/ adjective [always before noun]

Definition

ALIVE NOW alive now: He's probably the best known living photographer.
ALIVE alive: living organisms living things → See also beat/knock the (living) daylights out of sb → See also scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of sb
(Definition of living adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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