| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | life | A characteristic state or mode of living |
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| 2 | life | The course of existence of an individual | |
| 3 | life, living | The experience of living | |
| 4 | life, animation, living, aliveness | The condition of living or the state of being alive | |
| 5 | life, lifetime, lifespan | The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | |
| 6 | life | The period between birth and the present time | |
| 7 | life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness | Animation and energy in action or expression | |
| 8 | life, biography, life story, life history | An account of the series of events making up a person's life | |
| 9 | life | The period from the present until death | |
| 10 | life | A living person | |
| 11 | life | Living things collectively | |
| 12 | life | A motive for living | |
| 13 | life | The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones | |
| 14 | life, life sentence | A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives |
| Sounds | lay'f |
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| Rhymes | afterlife, alewife, fife, and 10 more rhymes in ayf at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A characteristic state or mode of living. |
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| Examples | "social life"; "city life"; "real life" |
| Narrower | ghetto |
| Broader | being, beingness, existence |
| Meaning | The course of existence of an individual. The actions and events that occur in living. |
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| Examples | "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others" |
| Broader | being, beingness, existence |
| Meaning | The experience of living. The course of human events and activities. |
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| Examples | "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" |
| Synonyms | living |
| Broader | experience |
| Meaning | The condition of living or the state of being alive. |
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| Examples | "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" |
| Synonyms | animation, living, aliveness |
| Attributes | alive; dead |
| Narrower | eternal life, life eternal; skin; survival, endurance |
| Broader | being, beingness, existence |
| Meaning | The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death). |
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| Examples | "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" |
| Synonyms | lifetime, lifespan |
| Parts | birth; death, dying, demise; time of life; age, eld |
| Narrower | life expectancy; afterlife, hereafter |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period |
| Meaning | The period between birth and the present time. |
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| Examples | "I have known him all his life" |
| Parts | past |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period |
| Meaning | Animation and energy in action or expression. |
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| Examples | "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" |
| Synonyms | liveliness, spirit, sprightliness |
| Attributes | lively |
| Narrower | airiness, delicacy; alacrity, briskness; energy, vigor, vigour, vim; elan; esprit; breeziness, jauntiness; irrepressibility, buoyancy; high-spiritedness; exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience; pep, peppiness, ginger |
| Broader | animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification |
| Meaning | An account of the series of events making up a person's life. |
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| Synonyms | biography, life story, life history |
| Narrower | autobiography; hagiography; profile; Parallel Lives |
| Broader | history, account, chronicle, story |
| Meaning | The period from the present until death. |
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| Examples | "he appointed himself emperor for life" |
| Narrower | days, years |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period |
| Meaning | A living person. |
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| Examples | "his heroism saved a life" |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul |
| Meaning | Living things collectively. |
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| Examples | "the oceans are teeming with life" |
| Narrower | wildlife |
| Broader | living thing, animate thing |
| Meaning | A motive for living. |
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| Examples | "pottery was his life" |
| Broader | motivation, motive, need |
| Meaning | The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones. |
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| Examples | "there is no life on the moon" |
| Narrower | biology; aerobiosis |
| Broader | organic phenomenon |
| Adjectives | biotic |
| Meaning | A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives. |
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| Examples | "he got life for killing the guard" |
| Synonyms | life sentence |
| Broader | prison term, sentence, time |