ALL meanings of life
life
L l - uncountable noun life You can use life to refer to things or groups of things which are alive. 0
- countable noun life If you refer to someone's life, you mean their state of being alive, especially when there is a risk or danger of them dying. 0
- countable noun life Someone's life is the period of time during which they are alive. 0
- countable noun life You can use life to refer to a period of someone's life when they are in a particular situation or job. 0
- countable noun life You can use life to refer to particular activities which people regularly do during their lives. 0
- uncountable noun life You can use life to refer to the events and experiences that happen to people while they are alive. 0
- uncountable noun life If you know a lot about life, you have gained many varied experiences, for example by travelling a lot and meeting different kinds of people. 0
- uncountable noun life You can use life to refer to the things that people do and experience that are characteristic of a particular place, group, or activity. 0
- uncountable noun life A person, place, book, or film that is full of life gives an impression of excitement, energy, or cheerfulness. 0
- countable noun life A life of a person is a book or film which tells the story of their life. 0
- uncountable noun life If someone is sentenced to life, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life or for a very long time. 0
- countable noun life The life of something such as a machine, organization, or project is the period of time that it lasts for. 0
- uncountable noun life In art, life refers to the producing of drawings, paintings, or sculptures that represent actual people, objects, or places, rather than images from the artist's imagination. 0
- noun life the state or quality that distinguishes living beings or organisms from dead ones and from inorganic matter, characterized chiefly by metabolism, growth, and the ability to reproduce and respond to stimuli 0
- noun life the period between birth and death 0
- noun life a living person or being 0
- noun life the time between birth and the present time 0
- noun life the remainder or extent of one's life 0
- noun life (as modifier) 0
- noun life the amount of time that something is active or functioning 0
- noun life a present condition, state, or mode of existence 0
- noun life a biography 0
- noun life a characteristic state or mode of existence 0
- noun life the sum or course of human events and activities 0
- noun life liveliness or high spirits 0
- noun life a source of strength, animation, or vitality 0
- noun life all living things, taken as a whole 0
- noun life sparkle, as of wines 0
- noun life strong or high flavour, as of fresh food 0
- noun life drawn or taken from a living model 0
- noun life (in certain games) one of a number of opportunities of participation 0
- noun life that property or quality of plants and animals that distinguishes them from inorganic matter or dead organisms; specif., the cellular biochemical activity or processes of an organism, characterized by the ingestion of nutrients, the storage and use of energy, the excretion of wastes, growth, reproduction, etc. 0
- noun life this activity, or the state of possessing this property 0
- noun life a living being, esp. a human being 0
- noun life living things collectively, often of a specified kind 0
- noun life the time a person or thing is alive or exists, or a specific portion of such time 0
- noun life a sentence of imprisonment for the rest of one's life 0
- noun life one's manner of living 0
- noun life the activities of a given time or in a given setting, and the people who take part in them 0
- noun life lives considered together as belonging to a certain class or type 0
- noun life an individual's animate existence 0
- noun life an account of this; biography 0
- noun life a specific aspect of an individual's activities 0
- noun life the existence of the soul 0
- noun life something essential to the continued existence of something else 0
- noun life the source of vigor or liveliness 0
- noun life vigor; liveliness; animation; vivacity 0
- noun life the period of flourishing, usefulness, etc.; period during which anything lasts 0
- noun life another chance 0
- noun life a lifelike quality or appearance 0