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
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