Meaning of 'life'

noun

living things collectively

Example: "the oceans are teeming with life"

noun

animation and energy in action or expression

Example: "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

Synonyms: liveliness sprightliness spirit

noun

the experience of being alive

Synonyms: living

noun

an account of the series of events making up a person's life

Synonyms: life history life story biography

noun

a motive for living

Example: "Pottery is my life."

noun

a living person

Example: "My heroism saved a life."

noun

the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

Example: "there is no life on the moon"

noun

the course of existence of an individual

noun

the condition of living or the state of being alive

Example: "while there's life there's hope"

Synonyms: living animation aliveness

noun

a characteristic state or mode of living

Example: "social life"

noun

the period during which something is functional

Example: "The battery had a short life, rendering it useless for long journeys."

Synonyms: lifetime life-time lifespan

noun

the period between birth and the present time

Example: "I have known them all their life."

noun

the period from the present until death

Example: "I appointed myself emperor for life."

noun

a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

Example: "I got life for killing the guard."

Synonyms: life sentence