living entity

collocation in English

meaningsoflivingandentity

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living
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/
alive ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us
/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition oflivingandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofliving entity

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And the derived verb ch'oolanink - literally 'to heart someone' - refers to caring for, maintaining, or feeding anotherlivingentity.
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The fact that alivingentityis, determines what it ought to do.
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The cell membrane separates thelivingentityfrom, but also mediates controlled communication and exchange of materials with the environment.
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For example, a car is a physical object in all domains, and it cannot conceivably be alivingentity.
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Many people believe that gold is alivingentitythat moves and can suddenly appear or disappear, accompanied by strange lights or sounds.
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A language is alivingentityor organism.
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Culture shares much with performance because it is alivingentityembedded in enactment.
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Situations have changed since we signed up in 1993; we must make sure that it can survive as alivingentity.
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It is alivingentity, and it must constantly be changing with the changing needs of the trade and of the public which it serves.
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The professional politician is alivingentityat this moment.
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After all, a school is alivingentity, it has a life of its own, an individual existence of its own.
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The house is alivingentityand, with its surrounding park, provides scope for a great deal of leisure activity.
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It is alivingentityresponsive to and responsible for society as a whole.
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It must be alivingentity; otherwise it will not endure, and some- thing of inestimable value to the future of civilization will be lost.
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How much better it is in all cases to show the real thing as alivingentity.
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It is alivingentityin a way which it is not in this country.
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However, change is inevitable in anylivingentity.
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It is essential that each line should be kept alivingentity, with such through communication as they have got, and that the whole thing may be kept working.
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The neighbourhood school becomes alivingentity.
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The employer's duty under it would be never again to regard the workers in his establishment as part of an economic equation but as alivingentity.
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