life

Meaning

1. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
2. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
3. The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
4. Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
5. A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
6. Existence.
7. Existence.
8. (informal) Existence.
9. Existence.
10. Existence.
11. A period of time during which something has existence.
12. A period of time during which something has existence.
13. A period of time during which something has existence.
14. A period of time during which something has existence.
15. A period of time during which something has existence.
16. (colloquial) A period of time during which something has existence.
17. Animation; spirit; vivacity.
18. Animation; spirit; vivacity.
19. A biography.
20. Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
21. An opportunity for existence.
22. An opportunity for existence.
23. An opportunity for existence.
24. An opportunity for existence.
25. The life insurance industry.
26. A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).

life

living

existence

soul

spirit

lifetime

lifestyle

breath

vitality

live

biography

animation

livelihood

health

way of life

life span

lifelong

liveliness

world

being

alive

generation

customs

habits

for life

perpetual

age

vigor

life sentence

sickness

vigour

vividness

destiny

life history

longevity

reality

fate

moment

command

present age

present world

transient world

this world

energy

dash

elan

duration of life

sprightliness

life story

aliveness

life-time

puff

history

mind

activity

custom

lifespan

real life

everyday life

time

feeling

eternal

maturity

maturity date

term of maturity

work

long life

force

thread of life

decree

draw

durability

wear

verve

incarnation

autobiography

personal history

self-portrayal

enthusiasm

exuberance

flair

nimbleness

living things

cosmos

creation

macrocosm

nature

universe

fowl

living creatures

poultry

vivid

worldly

everyday

account

adventures

his-tory

intelligence

sensation

breath of life

principle of life

vital air

parody

quick

experience

record

length of service

mortality

action

behaviour

gaiety

jollity

swing

living activities

status

elevator

lift

culture

belongings

hearth

living being

being alive

be alive

length of life

lead a life

food

running time

life cycle

life imprisonment

breeziness

spiritedness

vivacity

vivification

air

familiar

familiar spirit

genie

head

morale

person

tone

continuance

material world

consciousness

esprit

essence

bio

condition

course of life

life-force

direction

path

vital

subsistence

wholeness

human life

strength

lot

bear

beget

born

breed

cause

produce

vital principle

emotion

feelings

good health

duration

longitude

term

bread and butter

bread-and-butter

livelihoods

breathe

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/laɪf/

From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Scots life, leif (“life”), North Frisian liff (“life, limb, person, livelihood”), West Frisian liif (“belly, abdomen”), Dutch lijf (“body”), Low German lif (“body; life, life-force; waist”), German Leib (“body; womb”) and Leben (“life”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish liv (“life; waist”), Icelandic líf (“life”). Related to belive.