noun (n)

• a characteristic state or mode of living(noun.state)

  Example:
  Social life.
  City life.
  Real life.
  

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• the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  He could no longer cope with the complexities of life.
  

  Synonym:
  living
  

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• the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living(noun.state)

  Example:
  He hoped for a new life in Australia.
  He wanted to live his own life without interference from others.
  

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• the condition of living or the state of being alive(noun.state)

  Example:
  While there's life there's hope.
  Life depends on many chemical and physical processes.
  

  Synonym:
  aliveness, animation, living
  

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• the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)(noun.time)

  Example:
  The battery had a short life.
  He lived a long and happy life.
  

  Synonym:
  life-time, lifespan, lifetime
  

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• the period between birth and the present time(noun.time)

  Example:
  I have known him all his life.
  

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• the period from the present until death(noun.time)

  Example:
  He appointed himself emperor for life.
  

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• a living person(noun.person)

  Example:
  His heroism saved a life.
  

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• animation and energy in action or expression(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it.
  

  Synonym:
  liveliness, spirit, sprightliness
  

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• living things collectively(noun.tops)

  Example:
  The oceans are teeming with life.
  

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• the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones(noun.phenomenon)

  Example:
  There is no life on the moon.
  

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• an account of the series of events making up a person's life(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  biography, life history, life story
  

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• a motive for living(noun.motive)

  Example:
  Pottery was his life.
  

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• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives(noun.time)

  Example:
  He got life for killing the guard.
  

  Synonym:
  life sentence
  

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• The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; - - used of all animal and vegetable organisms.(noun)

  source: webster1913