NOUN | state | life | a characteristic state or mode of living |
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cognition | life, living | the experience of being alive | |
state | life | the course of existence of an individual | |
state | life, animation, living, aliveness | the condition of living or the state of being alive | |
time | life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | |
time | life | the period between birth and the present time | |
time | life | the period from the present until death | |
person | life | a living person | |
attribute | life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness | animation and energy in action or expression / expression | |
Tops | life | living things collectively | |
phenomenon | life | the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones | |
communication | life, biography, life story, life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life | |
motive | life | a motive for living | |
time | life, life sentence | a prison term lasting / lasting as long as the prisoner lives |
Sounds | lay'f | |
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Rhymes | afterlife ... Yellowknife: 14 rhymes with ayf... |
Meaning | A characteristic state or mode of living. | |
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Narrower | ghetto | Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping |
Broader | being, beingness, existence, face of the earth | The state or fact of existing |
Spanish | vida | |
Catalan | vida |
Meaning | The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities. | |
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Example | "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" | |
Synonym | living | |
Broader | experience | The content of direct observation or participation in an event |
Spanish | existencia, vida | |
Catalan | existència |
Meaning | The course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living. | |
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Broader | being, beingness, existence, face of the earth | The state or fact of existing |
Spanish | existencia, vida | |
Catalan | existència |
Meaning | The condition of living or the state of being alive. | |
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Synonyms | animation, living, aliveness | |
Attributes | alive, live | possessing life |
dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life | |
Narrower | eternal life, life eternal | Life without beginning or end |
skin | A person's skin regarded as their life | |
survival, endurance | A state of surviving | |
Broader | being, beingness, existence, face of the earth | The state or fact of existing |
Spanish | animación, vida | |
Catalan | animació | |
Nouns | lifer | a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment |
Meaning | The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death). | |
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Synonyms | lifetime, life-time, lifespan | |
Parts | age, eld | A time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises |
birth | The time when something begins (especially life) | |
death, dying, demise | The time when something ends | |
time of life | A period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state | |
Narrower | afterlife, hereafter | Life after death |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Spanish | toda la vida, vida | |
Catalan | vida | |
Nouns | lifer | a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment |
Meaning | The period between birth and the present time. | |
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Example | "I have known him all his life" | |
Parts | past | A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret) |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Spanish | existencia, vida | |
Catalan | existència |
Meaning | The period from the present until death. | |
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Example | "he appointed himself emperor for life" | |
Narrower | days, years | The time during which someone's life continues |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Spanish | existencia, vida | |
Catalan | existència | |
Nouns | lifer | a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment |
Meaning | A living person. | |
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Example | "his heroism saved a life" | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Spanish | vida | |
Catalan | vida |
Meaning | living things collectively. | |
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Example | "the oceans are teeming with life" | |
Narrower | wildlife | All living things (except people) that are undomesticated |
Broader | living thing, animate thing | A living (or once living) entity |
Spanish | vida | |
Catalan | vida |
Meaning | The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones. | |
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Example | "there is no life on the moon" | |
Narrower | aerobiosis | life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen |
biology | characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms | |
Broader | organic phenomenon | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals |
Spanish | vida | |
Catalan | vida | |
Adjectives | biotic | of or relating to living organisms |
Meaning | An account of the series of events making up a person's life. | |
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Synonyms | biography, life story, life history | |
Instances | Parallel Lives | A collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch |
Narrower | autobiography | A biography of yourself |
hagiography | A biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) | |
profile | biographical sketch | |
Broader | history, account, chronicle, story | A record or narrative description of past events |
Spanish | biografía | |
Catalan | biografia |
Meaning | A motive for living. | |
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Example | "pottery was his life" | |
Broader | motivation, motive, need | The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal |
Spanish | vida |
Meaning | A prison term lasting / lasting as long as the prisoner lives. | |
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Example | "he got life for killing the guard" | |
Synonym | life sentence | |
Broader | prison term, sentence, time | The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned |
Spanish | cadena perpetual | |
Nouns | lifer | a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment |
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