"make a living" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-us-make a living.ogg Forms: makes a living [present, singular, third-person], making a living [participle, present], made a living [participle, past], made a living [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a living}} make a living (third-person singular simple present makes a living, present participle making a living, simple past and past participle made a living)
  1. To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family. Synonyms: make a living, bring home the bacon, carry one's weight, earn a living, earn one's corn, earn one's crust, earn one's keep, keep the home fires burning, put bread on the table, put food on the table Hyponyms: get by, keep body and soul together, keep the lights on, keep the wolf from the door, make ends meet, scrape by, kill it, make a killing, make bank Related terms: living wage, daily bread, pay the bills, pay the rent Translations (earn enough income): اِرْتَزَقَ (irtazaqa) (Arabic), guanyar-se la vida (Catalan), 搵食 (Chinese Cantonese), 揾食 (wan² sik⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 過活 (Chinese Mandarin), 过活 (guòhuó) (Chinese Mandarin), 營生 (Chinese Mandarin), 营生 (yíngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 謀生 (Chinese Mandarin), 谋生 (móushēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 糊口 (húkǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 混飯吃 (Chinese Mandarin), 混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) (Chinese Mandarin), uživit se (Czech), zich in zijn levensonderhoud voorzien (Dutch), tulla toimeen (Finnish), ansaita elantonsa (Finnish), gagner sa vie (French), βγάζω το ψωμί μου (vgázo to psomí mou) (Greek), él (with -ból/-ből) (Hungarian), megél (Hungarian), komast af (Icelandic), guadagnarsi da vivere (Italian), 生計を立てる (seikei o tateru) (Japanese), 食べていく (tabete iku) (Japanese), 暮らしを立てる (kurashi o tateru) (Japanese), mereo (Latin), zarabiać na życie (Polish), ganhar a vida (Portuguese), a-și câștiga existența (Romanian), a-și câștiga traiul (Romanian), зараба́тывать на жизнь (zarabátyvatʹ na žiznʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зарабо́тать на жизнь (zarabótatʹ na žiznʹ) [perfective] (Russian), thoir aran (Scottish Gaelic), uživiť sa (Slovak), ganarse la vida (Spanish), ganarse las lentejas (Spanish), ganarse las habichuelas (Spanish), ganarse los garbanzos (Spanish), försörja sig (Swedish), tjäna sitt levebröd (Swedish), ทำมาหากิน (tam-maa-hǎa-gin) (Thai), kiếm sống (Vietnamese)
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  2. (of animals) To manage to find enough food to survive.
    Sense id: en-make_a_living-en-verb-TIsmxoDY

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          "word": "營生"
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          "sense": "earn enough income",
          "word": "谋生"
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          "roman": "húkǒu",
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          "word": "糊口"
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          "sense": "earn enough income",
          "word": "混飯吃"
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          "word": "ansaita elantonsa"
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          "note": "sich seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen (sich in dative case)",
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          "roman": "vgázo to psomí mou",
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          "word": "βγάζω το ψωμί μου"
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          "word": "megél"
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          "word": "komast af"
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          "word": "guadagnarsi da vivere"
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          "word": "生計を立てる"
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          "word": "食べていく"
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          "roman": "kurashi o tateru",
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          "word": "暮らしを立てる"
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          "word": "mereo"
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          "sense": "earn enough income",
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          "sense": "earn enough income",
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          "sense": "earn enough income",
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          "word": "tjäna sitt levebröd"
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          "sense": "earn enough income",
          "word": "ทำมาหากิน"
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      "sense": "earn enough income",
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      "sense": "earn enough income",
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      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "搵食"
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      "sense": "earn enough income",
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      "word": "糊口"
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      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "uživit se"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "zich in zijn levensonderhoud voorzien"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "tulla toimeen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "ansaita elantonsa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "gagner sa vie"
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      "code": "de",
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      "note": "sich seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen (sich in dative case)",
      "sense": "earn enough income"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vgázo to psomí mou",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "βγάζω το ψωμί μου"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "él (with -ból/-ből)"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "megél"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "komast af"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "guadagnarsi da vivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seikei o tateru",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "生計を立てる"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tabete iku",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "食べていく"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kurashi o tateru",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "暮らしを立てる"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "mereo"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "zarabiać na życie"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "ganhar a vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "a-și câștiga existența"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "a-și câștiga traiul"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zarabátyvatʹ na žiznʹ",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "зараба́тывать на жизнь"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zarabótatʹ na žiznʹ",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "зарабо́тать на жизнь"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "thoir aran"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "uživiť sa"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "ganarse la vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "ganarse las lentejas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "ganarse las habichuelas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "ganarse los garbanzos"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "försörja sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "tjäna sitt levebröd"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tam-maa-hǎa-gin",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "ทำมาหากิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "earn enough income",
      "word": "kiếm sống"
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