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Type Words
Synonyms living
Type of experience


he could no longer cope with the complexities of life.
Type Words
Synonyms aliveness, animation, living
Type of beingness, being, face of the earth, existence
Has types life eternal, endurance, skin, eternal life, survival
Derivation lifer


while there's life there's hope.
life depends on many chemical and physical processes.
Type Words
Synonyms biography, life history, life story
Type of account, history, story, chronicle
Has types hagiography, autobiography, profile
Type Words
Synonyms life-time, lifespan, lifetime
Type of period of time, period, time period
Has types hereafter, afterlife
Derivation lifer


the battery had a short life.
he lived a long and happy life.
Type Words
Synonyms liveliness, spirit, sprightliness
Type of invigoration, spiritedness, vivification, brio, animation
Has types esprit, buoyancy, briskness, delicacy, ebullience, elan, energy, enthusiasm, exuberance, ginger, breeziness, high-spiritedness, irrepressibility, jauntiness, muscularity, pep, peppiness, pertness, alacrity, smartness, airiness, vigor, vigour, vim


it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it.
Type Words
Synonyms life sentence
Type of prison term, time, sentence
Derivation lifer


he got life for killing the guard.
Type Words
Type of existence, beingness, face of the earth, being
Has types ghetto


social life.
city life.
real life.
Type Words
Type of mortal, person, somebody, individual, soul, someone


his heroism saved a life.
Type Words
Type of need, motive, motivation


pottery was his life.
Type Words
Type of living thing, animate thing
Has types wildlife


the oceans are teeming with life.
Type Words
Type of existence, being, beingness, face of the earth


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.
Type Words
Type of organic phenomenon
Has types aerobiosis, biology


there is no life on the moon.
Type Words
Type of period of time, period, time period


I have known him all his life.
Type Words
Type of time period, period of time, period
Has types years, days
Derivation lifer


he appointed himself emperor for life.

Examples of life

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In 1929, he said, at the age of 15, he had the experience that changed his life.
From the usatoday.com
The legislation would mean life without parole for those currently on death row.
From the dailyherald.com
Whatever the case, the sisters'supporters say the life sentences were excessive.
From the dailyherald.com
There is no question at the present time that we are definitely prolonging life.
From the abcnews.go.com
My designs come to life through careful bending, shaping, cutting and sculpting.
From the stltoday.com
The recollections of her life also focused on her devotion and love for her son.
From the stltoday.com
Morris'first volume told of Roosevelt's life before he became president in 1901.
From the stltoday.com
Not so long ago, we celebrated comedic gender-based depictions of military life.
From the bostonherald.com
The dinner is $60 per person, $95 for a couple couple, $35 sprig or life member.
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More examples
  • A characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"
  • The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
  • 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"
  • Animation: 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 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 period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"
  • Life (cf. biota) is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes (biology) from those that do not,The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, via :n* "The property or quality that ...
  • "Mirrorcle World" is the forty-third physical single and forty-fourth single overall by Ayumi Hamasaki. The title track is an extended version of the song "Mirror," a two-minute introductory track on Hamasaki's ninth studio album, Guilty. ...
  • Life is a nature documentary series made by BBC television, first broadcast as part of the BBC's Darwin Season on BBC One and BBC HD from October to December 2009. ...