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living for

living for is the present participle and gerund of live for.

Meaning of live for

Verb

live for (third-person singular simple present lives for, present participle living for, simple past and past participle lived for)

  1. To deeply enjoy or be fulfilled by something esteemed as very important in one's life.
    • I live for knowledge.
  2. To find a reason to continue having the will to live.
    • He has been chronically depressed and feels he has nothing to live for.
  3. To eagerly await or hope for (a significant life event).
    • I live for the day I can finally break free from my servitude.

Questions about living for

What is living for the present participle and gerund of?
Living for is the present participle and gerund of live for.

Words near living for in the dictionary

  1. living end
  2. living fence
  3. living fences
  4. living floor
  5. living floors
  6. living for
  7. living fossil
  8. living fossils
  9. living from paycheck to paycheck
  10. living hell
  11. living hells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: living for (page history and authors); live for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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