life

Noun

• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
  • he got life for killing the guard
    

• a motive for living
  • pottery was his life
    

• an account of the series of events making up a person's life

• the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
  • there is no life on the moon
    

• living things collectively
  • the oceans are teeming with life
    

• animation and energy in action or expression
  • it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
    

• a living person
  • his heroism saved a life
    

• the period from the present until death
  • he appointed himself emperor for life
    

• the period between birth and the present time
  • I have known him all his life
    

• 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 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 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
    

• the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
  • he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
    

• a characteristic state or mode of living
  • social life
    
  • city life
    
  • real life
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  life sentence , biography , life story , life history , liveliness , spirit , sprightliness , lifetime , life-time , lifespan , animation , living , aliveness