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   life

   /lʌɪf/

   noun

   • 1. the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death: "the origins of life" Similar existencebeinglivinganimationalivenessanimatenessentitysentiencecreationsurvivalviabilityrare:esseOpposite deathnon-existence
   • ▪ living things and their activity: "lower forms of life" Similar living thingsliving beingsliving creaturesthe livinghuman/animal/plant lifefaunafloraecosystemscreatureswildlifehuman beingshumanityhumankindmankindmanhuman activityliterary:flesh
   • 2. the existence of an individual human being or animal: "a disaster that claimed the lives of 266 people" Similar personhuman beingindividualmortalsoulcreature
   • ▪ a particular type or aspect of human existence: "his father decided to start a new life in California" Similar way of lifeway of livingmanner of livinglifestylesituationpositionstatestationconditionset of circumstancesfatelotspherefieldlinecareerbusiness
   • ▪ a biography: "a life of Shelley" Similar biographyautobiographylife storylife historymemoirhistoryprofilediaryjournalconfessionsrecordchronicleaccountreportportrayaldepictionportraitinformal:biogbio
   • ▪ (in Christianity and some other religious traditions) either of the two states of a person's existence separated by death: "he departed this life on 28 March 1912" Similar lifetimelife spandaysduration of lifeallotted spancourse of lifetime on earthexistenceone's timeone's careerthreescore years and tenthis mortal coilinformal:one's born days
   • ▪ (in Hinduism and some other religious traditions) any of a number of successive existences in which a soul is held to be reincarnated: "a spiritual pilgrimage into her past lives"
   • ▪ a chance to live after narrowly escaping death (with reference to the nine lives traditionally attributed to cats): "we were called to the hospital, but the old rogue had nine lives and seemed to be negotiating for another two"
   • ▪ (in various games) one of a specified number of chances each player has before being put out.
   • 3. the period between the birth and death of a living thing, especially a human being: "she has lived all her life in the country" Similar lifetimelife spandaysduration of lifeallotted spancourse of lifetime on earthexistenceone's timeone's careerthreescore years and tenthis mortal coilinformal:one's born days
   • ▪ the period during which something inanimate or abstract continues to exist, function, or be valid: "underlay helps to prolong the life of a carpet" Similar durationactive lifelifetimeexistencefunctioning periodperiod of effectivenessperiod of usefulnessvalidityefficacy
   • ▪ a sentence of imprisonment for life. informal
   • 4. vitality, vigour, or energy: "she was beautiful and full of life" Similar vivacityanimationlivelinessvitalityvervehigh spiritssparkleexuberancezestbuoyancyeffervescenceenthusiasmenergyvigourdynamismgoelangustobriobouncespiritspiritednessactivityfirepanachecolourdashdrivepushbusinessbustlehustle and bustlemovementstirinformal:oomphpizzazzpepzingzipvimget-up-and-gomoving spiritmoving forceanimating spiritvital spiritspiritvital sparklife forcelifebloodessencecoreheartsoulstrengthquintessencesubstanceélan vital
   • 5. (in art) the depiction of a subject from a real model, rather than from an artist's imagination: "the pose and clothing were sketched from life"

   Word Origin Old Englishlīf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijf, German Leib ‘body’, also to live1.

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   Synonyms for LIFE: biography, memoir, autobiography, history, bio, past, chronicle, hagiography; Antonyms of LIFE: animal, beast, brute, critter, beastie, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness.

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   adjectives. verbs. spirit. strength. energy. suggest new. Another way to say Life? Synonyms for Life (other words and phrases for Life).

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   Synonyms for LIFE: animation, living, experience, spirit, being, entity, liveliness, metabolism, vitality; Antonyms for LIFE: death, nonexistence, discontinuance, death, inanimacy, inanimate object, inanimacy.

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   synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness. see more. noun. a characteristic state or mode of living. “social life ” “city life ” “real life ”

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    life. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Noun: fact or act of living. Synonyms: living, being, consciousness, animation, animate existence, existence, organism. Antonyms:

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    life. 1 (noun) in the sense of being. Definition. the state or quality that identifies living beings, characterized chiefly by growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli. a newborn baby's first minutes of life. Synonyms. being. existence. living.