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life
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Noun
  • a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
    • he got life for killing the guard
  • a motive for living
    • pottery was his life
  • an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  • the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
    • there is no life on the moon
  • living things collectively
    • the oceans are teeming with life
  • animation and energy in action or expression
    • it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
  • a living person
    • his heroism saved a life
  • the period from the present until death
    • he appointed himself emperor for life
  • the period between birth and the present time
    • I have known him all his life
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
    • he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
  • a characteristic state or mode of living
    • social life
    • city life
    • real life
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