life

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life
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Meanings
noun
  • the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
    E.g. the origins of life
  • the existence of an individual human being or animal.
    E.g. a disaster that claimed the lives of 266 people
  • the period between the birth and death of a living thing, especially a human being.
    E.g. she has lived all her life in the country
  • vitality, vigour, or energy.
    E.g. she was beautiful and full of life
  • (in art) the depiction of a subject from a real model, rather than from an artist's imagination.
    E.g. the pose and clothing were sketched from life

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