life
/lˈaɪf/
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Definitions
Noun
a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"
Noun
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
Noun
the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"
Noun
the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there''s life there''s hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
Noun
the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"
Noun
the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"
Noun
the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life"
Noun
a living person; "his heroism saved a life"
Noun
animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
Noun
living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life"
Noun
the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"
Noun
an account of the series of events making up a person''s life
Noun
a motive for living; "pottery was his life"
Noun
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard"
Synonyms
aliveness
animation
biography
life history
life sentence
life story
lifespan
lifetime
life-time
liveliness
living
spirit
sprightliness
More General Terms
account
animate thing
animation
being
beingness
brio
chronicle
existence
experience
history
individual
invigoration
living thing
mortal
motivation
motive
need
organic phenomenon
period
period of time
person
prison term
sentence
somebody
someone
soul
spiritedness
story
time
time period
vivification
More Specific Terms
aerobiosis
afterlife
airiness
alacrity
autobiography
biology
breeziness
briskness
buoyancy
days
delicacy
ebullience
elan
endurance
energy
enthusiasm
esprit
eternal life
exuberance
ghetto
ginger
hagiography
hereafter
high-spiritedness
irrepressibility
jauntiness
life eternal
muscularity
pep
peppiness
pertness
profile
skin
smartness
survival
vigor
vigour
vim
wildlife
years