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Life

noun

(pl. lives)

1.

A characteristic state or mode of living. "City life" , "Real life"

2.

The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities. Synonym: living.

3.

The course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living. "He wanted to live his own life without interference from others"

4.

The condition of living or the state of being alive. Synonyms: aliveness, animation, living. "Life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

5.

The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death). Synonyms: life-time, lifespan, lifetime. "He lived a long and happy life"

6.

The period between birth and the present time.

7.

The period from the present until death.

8.

A living person.

9.

Animation and energy in action or expression. Synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness.

10.

Living things collectively.

11.

The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones.

12.

An account of the series of events making up a person's life. Synonyms: biography, life history, life story.

13.

A motive for living.

14.

A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives. Synonym: life sentence.

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"Life" Quotes from Famous Books

... and deep-rooted passion. He therefore threw himself at his majesty's feet, and said, "After what I have heard and observed, sir, it will be to no purpose for me to think of curing the princess, since I have no remedies proper for her malady; for which reason I humbly submit my life to your majesty's pleasure." The king, enraged at his incapacity, and the trouble he had given him, caused him ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete • Anonymous

... toward vaster victories. To me a certain memory lives clear in every detail. I see a small girl with her thin little body shaking with sobs ... because her life seemed doomed to drudgery and emptiness. I see my mother and my aunt and my father suffering like beasts of burden under the goad and yoke of poverty. I see a boy, ragged and rebellious, declaring war on the world and swearing to wrest from it every good thing ...

— Destiny • Charles Neville Buck

... He was thirsty, and the sight he had just seen made him want to soak his whole body in the cool clean water of the pool. He laughed harshly. What were all these fancies which were coming into his head? He would not give way to them. This life in a blacks' camp was upsetting his nerves. What were a few dead men after all? He had seen plenty of them. He was alive and would soon escape from this outpost of death. He laughed again. The rocky walls sent back ...

— In the Musgrave Ranges • Jim Bushman

... in Jesus does not end with a forgiveness of past transgressions only, but includes the impartation of the divine, or eternal life to the soul. The blood of animals offered for sins in the Jewish economy was unable to impart this life to the offerer of the sacrifice. Jesus says, "I am come that ye might have life." "Whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting ...

— The Gospel Day • Charles Ebert Orr

... the next world will exactly resemble life in this spot, and be just as quiet and peaceful and immune from work. Here one needs but to sit and melt like butter and suffer neither from wrong ...

— Through Russia • Maxim Gorky

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