Life

Quick meaning: Life is a noun meaning Lifeforms, generally or collectively.

Meaning

Lifeforms, generally or collectively.

More Meanings

1. Existence.
2. A period of time during which something has existence.
3. Animation; spirit; vivacity.
4. A biography.
5. (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
6. The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
7. (countable) A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)

Example Sentences

Life is meaningless and we are all going to die.

I want my kids to live a good life. He gave up on life.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.

Word Forms

• lifes
• lifing
• lifed

Synonyms for life

Depending on context, synonyms include existence, experience, spirit, aliveness, animation, liveliness.

Antonyms for life

Common opposites include death, coma, void.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spirit, lifespan, animation, living, lifetime, biography.

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