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You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 110
life
lʌɪf ![Listen](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/listen-icon-blue.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
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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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life
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