living is on the Basic English 850 List.
little - living - lock

Pronunciation change

Verb change

Plain form
live

Third-person singular
lives

Past tense
lived

Past participle
lived

Present participle
living

  1. The present participle of live.

Noun change

Singular
living

Plural
livings

  1. A way of earning money.
    What do you do for a living?

Adjective change

Positive
living

Comparative
none

Superlative
none

  1. A living thing is a person, animal or plant that is not dead—it is still able to function and grow.
    Living things grow and make more living things like themselves.