livings
- 1Plural of living.
Whole communities made their livings from the coal mines for generations.
Both of her sons earned good livings as electricians.
Note
The plural reaches only the meanings of living that can be counted: livelihoods, ways of life, and church benefices. Workers make their livings from a trade; a bishop may have several livings to fill, each a post with its income attached. The state of being alive takes no plural, and the living, meaning people who are alive, works with the article rather than an -s: we honor the living, never the livings.
livings is a form of living
living, noun: The means, especially financial, by which a person supports and maintains life; a livelihood. Full entry
- Forms
- livinglivings plural
- Spelling
- living → livings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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