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 Definitions of 'life':

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1. (noun) life
a characteristic state or mode of living
"social life"; "city life"; "real life"

2. (noun) lifeliving
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
"he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

3. (noun) life
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"

4. (noun) animationlifelivingaliveness
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"

5. (noun) lifelifetimelife-timelifespan
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"

6. (noun) life
the period between birth and the present time
"I have known him all his life"

7. (noun) life
the period from the present until death
"he appointed himself emperor for life"

8. (noun) life
a living person
"his heroism saved a life"

9. (noun) livelinesslifespiritsprightliness
animation and energy in action or expression
"it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

10. (noun) life
living things collectively
"the oceans are teeming with life"

11. (noun) life
the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
"there is no life on the moon"

12. (noun) biographylifelife storylife history
an account of the series of events making up a person's life


13. (noun) life
a motive for living
"pottery was his life"

14. (noun) life sentencelife
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
"he got life for killing the guard"


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