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life
living things collectively
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- L
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- IF
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
living things collectively
“the oceans are teeming with life”
noun
animation and energy in action or expression
“it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it”
noun
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
“he could no longer cope with the complexities of life”
noun
an account of the series of events making up a person's life
noun
a motive for living
“pottery was his life”
noun
a living person
“his heroism saved a life”
noun
the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
“there is no life on the moon”
noun
the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
“he hoped for a new life in Australia”
noun
the condition of living or the state of being alive
“while there's life there's hope”
noun
a characteristic state or mode of living
“social life”
noun
the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
“the battery had a short life”
noun
the period between birth and the present time
“I have known him all his life”
noun
the period from the present until death
“he appointed himself emperor for life”
noun
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
“he got life for killing the guard”
In context
Example Sentences
the oceans are teeming with life
it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
pottery was his life
his heroism saved a life
there is no life on the moon
he hoped for a new life in Australia
he wanted to live his own life without interference from others
get a life!
he is trying to rebuild his life
while there's life there's hope
life depends on many chemical and physical processes
social life
city life
real life
the battery had a short life
he lived a long and happy life
I have known him all his life
he appointed himself emperor for life
he got life for killing the guard
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