Life (Noun)
Meaning 1
A characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 2
A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 4
A living person; "his heroism saved a life".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 5
The period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 7
A motive for living; "pottery was his life".
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Nouns denoting goals.
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Meaning 8
Animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 9
The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon".
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Meaning 10
The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 11
The period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 12
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"; "get a life!" "he is trying to rebuild his life".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 13
Living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life".
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Unique beginner for nouns.
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Meaning 14
An account of the series of events making up a person's life.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.