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NONLIVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonliving mean?
• NONLIVING (adjective)
The adjective NONLIVING has 1 sense:
1. not endowed with life
Familiarity information: NONLIVING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not endowed with life
Synonyms:
inanimate; non-living; nonliving
Context example:
inanimate objects
Similar:
nonconscious (relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things)
Attribute:
aliveness; animateness; liveness (the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Context examples
The sciences that focus on the properties and behavior of nonliving matter.
(Physical Sciences, NCI Thesaurus)
The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; showing characteristics of life.
(Life, NCI Thesaurus)
An independently existing thing (living or nonliving).
(Entity, NCI Thesaurus)
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