Definitions for life

Definitions for (noun) life

Main entry: life

Definition: living things collectively

Usage: the oceans are teeming with life


Main entry: life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness

Definition: animation and energy in action or expression

Usage: it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it


Main entry: life, living

Definition: the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

Usage: he could no longer cope with the complexities of life


Main entry: biography, life, life history, life story

Definition: an account of the series of events making up a person's life


Main entry: life

Definition: a motive for living

Usage: pottery was his life


Main entry: life

Definition: a living person

Usage: his heroism saved a life


Main entry: life

Definition: the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

Usage: there is no life on the moon


Main entry: life

Definition: the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living

Usage: he hoped for a new life in Australia; he wanted to live his own life without interference from others


Main entry: life, living, aliveness, animation

Definition: the condition of living or the state of being alive

Usage: while there's life there's hope; life depends on many chemical and physical processes


Main entry: life

Definition: a characteristic state or mode of living

Usage: social life; city life; real life


Main entry: life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime

Definition: the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

Usage: the battery had a short life; he lived a long and happy life


Main entry: life

Definition: the period between birth and the present time

Usage: I have known him all his life


Main entry: life

Definition: the period from the present until death

Usage: he appointed himself emperor for life


Main entry: life, life sentence

Definition: a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

Usage: he got life for killing the guard


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