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Definition of 'life'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) life
the general condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, a means of reproduction, and internal regulation in response to the environment.

2.  life
the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual:
to risk one's life; a long life.

3.  life
a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul:
eternal life.

4.  life
the general or universal condition of human existence:
Life is like that.

5.  life
any specified period of animate existence:
a couple in middle life.

6.  life
the period of existence, activity, or effectiveness of something inanimate, as a machine, lease, or play.

7.  life
a living being:
Several lives were lost in the fire.

8.  life
living things collectively:
insect life.

9.  life
a particular aspect of existence:
an active sex life.

10.  life
the course of existence or sum of experiences and actions that constitute a person's existence.

11.  life
a biography:
a life of Willa Cather.

12.  life
animation; liveliness; spirit:
The party was full of life.

13.  life
resilience; elasticity.

14.  life
the force that makes or keeps something alive; the vivifying or quickening principle.

15.  life
a mode or manner of existence, as in the world of affairs or society.

16.  life
anything or anyone considered to be as precious as life:
She was his life.

17.  life
a person or thing that enlivens:
the life of the party.

18.  life
effervescence or sparkle, as of wines.

19.  life
pungency or strong, sharp flavor, as of substances when fresh or in good condition.

20.  life
nature or any of the forms of nature as the model or subject of a work of art:
drawn from life.

21. (adj.) life
for or lasting a lifetime; lifelong:
a life membership in a club; life imprisonment.

22.  life
of or pertaining to animate existence:
life functions.

23.  life
working from nature or using a living model:
a life drawing.

24.  life
to restore to consciousness.

25.  life
to make animated.

26.  life
to imbue with lifelike characteristics.

27.  life
to recover consciousness.

28.  life
to become animated.

29.  life
to appear lifelike.

Definition of 'life'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (noun) life, living
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) animation, life, living, aliveness
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) life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan
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) liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
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) biography, life, life story, life 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 sentence, life
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
"he got life for killing the guard"

Definition of 'life'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) life
the period of time between sb's birth and the present time or their death
She had a long and happy life.; I've spent my whole life working toward this day.

2.  life
≠ death
a life or death situation; People's lives are at risk.

3.  life
save sb's life
to prevent sb from dying

4.  life
take sb's life
to kill sb

5.  life
lose your life
to die

6.  life
living people, animals, plants, etc.
Will there be life on earth in 5,000 years?

7.  life
a way of living
He leads such a hectic life.; the life of an academic; the American way of life

8.  life
way of life
the period sb continues to be alive or sth lasts
the average life of a car battery

9.  life
energy and excitement
He was always so full of life.

10.  life
bring/come to life
to become or make sth more real or more exciting
a great teacher who could bring history to life

11.  life
that's life
indicates you think a situation cannot be changed and must be accepted
I know it seems unfair, but that's life.

Definition of 'life'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) life
the state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms

2. (noun) life
of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life

3. (noun) life
the potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual

4. (noun) life
figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government

5. (noun) life
a certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners

6. (noun) life
animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy

7. (noun) life
that which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise

8. (noun) life
the living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life

9. (noun) life
a person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed

10. (noun) life
the system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively

11. (noun) life
an essential constituent of life, esp. the blood

12. (noun) life
a history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton

13. (noun) life
enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity

14. (noun) life
something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment

Definitions of 'life'

The Roycroft Dictionary

life
1. An ante-mortem statement; the intrigue of force and matter; the insomnia of death; a log-jam on the stream of life.

2. The pursuit of the superfluous.

3. The cupola of a tomb.

4. A game something like Blind Man's Buff.

5. The paradise of liars.

6. A compromise between Fate and Freewill.

7. A warfare between the sexes.

8. What you choose to make it.

9. A bank-account with so much divine energy at your disposal. 10. Just one improper number after another. 11. The interval between the time your teeth are almost through and you are almost through with your teeth. 1

2. An affirmative between two negatives.

Definitions of 'life'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. life
1. A cellular-automata game invented by John Horton Conway and first introduced publicly by Martin Gardner (Scientific American, October 1970); the game's popularity had to wait a few years for computers on which it could reasonably be played, as it's no fun to simulate the cells by hand. Many hackers pass through a stage of fascination with it, and hackers at various places contributed heavily to the mathematical analysis of this game (most notably Bill Gosper at MIT, who even implemented life in TECO!). When a hacker mentions ‘life’, he is much more likely to mean this game than the magazine, the breakfast cereal, or the human state of existence. Many web resources are available starting from the Open Directory page of Life. The Life Lexicon is a good indicator of what makes the game so fascinating.

A glider, possibly the best known of the quasi-organic phenomena in the Game of Life.

2. The opposite of Usenet. As in “Get a life!”

Definition of 'life'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. life
The state that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, manifested by growth, metabolism, reproduction, and adaptation. It includes the course of existence, the sum of experiences, the mode of existing, or the fact of being. Over the centuries inquiries into the nature of life have crossed the boundaries from philosophy to biology, forensic medicine, anthropology, etc., in creative as well as scientific literature. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

Translation of 'life'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.
Afrikaans: lewendig	Arabic: حَياه	Bulgarian: живот
Brazilian: vida	Czech: život	German: das Leben
Danish: liv	Greek: ζωή	Spanish: vida
Estonian: elu	Farsi: حیات	Finnish: elämä
French: vie	Hebrew: חַיִים	Hindi: जीवन, जीवत्व
Croatian: život	Hungarian: élet	Indonesian: nyawa
Icelandic: líf; tilvera	Italian: vita	Japanese: 生命
Korean: 생명	Lithuanian: gyvybė	Latvian: dzīvība
Malay: nyawa	Dutch: leven	Norwegian: liv
Polish: życie	Persian: حیات	Pashto: ژوند
Portuguese: vida	Romanian: viaţă	Russian: жизнь
Slovak: život	Slovenian: življenje	Serbian: život
Swedish: liv	Thai: ชีวิต	Turkish: hayat, yaşam
Taiwanese: 生命	Ukrainian: життя	Urdu: وہ کیفیت جو جمادات سے حیو
Vietnamese: sự sống	Chinese: 生命
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