lives
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noun
plural of life.
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noun
1.
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
2.
the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, especially metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment.
3.
the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual: to risk one's life; a short life and a merry one.
4.
a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul: eternal life.
5.
the general or universal condition of human existence: Too bad, but life is like that.
6.
any specified period of animate existence: a man in middle life.
7.
the period of existence, activity, or effectiveness of something inanimate, as a machine, lease, or play: The life of the car may be ten years.
8.
a living being: Several lives were lost.
9.
living things collectively: the hope of discovering life on other planets; insect life.
10.
a particular aspect of existence: He enjoys an active physical life.
11.
the course of existence or sum of experiences and actions that constitute a person's existence: His business has been his entire life.
12.
a biography: a newly published life of Willa Cather.
13.
animation; liveliness; spirit: a speech full of life.
14.
resilience; elasticity.
15.
the force that makes or keeps something alive; the vivifying or quickening principle: The life of the treaty has been an increase of mutual understanding and respect.
16.
a mode or manner of existence, as in the world of affairs or society: So far her business life has not overlapped her social life.
17.
the period or extent of authority, popularity, approval, etc.: the life of the committee; the life of a bestseller.
18.
a prison sentence covering the remaining portion of the offender's animate existence: The judge gave him life.
19.
anything or anyone considered to be as precious as life: She was his life.
20.
a person or thing that enlivens: the life of the party.
21.
effervescence or sparkle, as of wines.
22.
pungency or strong, sharp flavor, as of substances when fresh or in good condition.
24.
Baseball. another opportunity given to a batter to bat because of a misplay by a fielder.
25.
(in English pool) one of a limited number of shots allowed a player: Each pool player has three lives at the beginning of the game.
adjective
Idioms 26.
for or lasting a lifetime; lifelong: a life membership in a club; life imprisonment.
27.
of or pertaining to animate existence: the life force; life functions.
28.
working from nature or using a living model: a life drawing; a life class.
29.
as large as life, actually; indeed: There he stood, as large as life. Also, as big as life.
30.
come to life,
a.
to recover consciousness.
b.
to become animated and vigorous: The evening passed, but somehow the party never came to life.
c.
to appear lifelike: The characters of the novel came to life on the screen.
31.
for dear life, with desperate effort, energy, or speed: We ran for dear life, with the dogs at our heels. Also, for one's life.
32.
for the life of one, as hard as one tries; even with the utmost effort: He can't understand it for the life of him.
33.
get a life, to improve the quality of one's social and professional life: often used in the imperative to express impatience with someone's behavior.
34.
not on your life, Informal. absolutely not; under no circumstances; by no means: Will I stand for such a thing? Not on your life!
35.
take one's life in one's hands, to risk death knowingly: We were warned that we were taking our lives in our hands by going through that swampy area.
36.
to the life, in perfect imitation; exactly: The portrait characterized him to the life.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English lif(e); Old English līf; cognate with Dutch lijf, German Leib body, Old Norse līf life, body; akin to live1
before 900; Middle English lif(e); Old English līf; cognate with Dutch lijf, German Leib body, Old Norse līf life, body; akin to live1
Related forms
pre·life, adjective
un·der·life, noun
Synonyms
13. vivacity, sprightliness, vigor, verve, activity, energy.
13. vivacity, sprightliness, vigor, verve, activity, energy.
Antonyms
13. inertia.
13. inertia.
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Lives
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
verb (used without object)
1.
to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
2.
to continue to have life; remain alive: to live to a ripe old age.
3.
to continue in existence, operation, memory, etc.; last: a book that lives in my memory.
4.
to maintain or support one's existence; provide for oneself: to live on one's income.
5.
to feed or subsist (usually followed by on or upon ): to live on rice and bananas.
6.
to dwell or reside (usually followed by in, at, etc.): to live in a cottage.
7.
to pass life in a specified manner: They lived happily ever after.
8.
to direct or regulate one's life: to live by the golden rule.
9.
to experience or enjoy life to the full: At 40 she was just beginning to live.
10.
to cohabit (usually followed by with ).
11.
to escape destruction or remain afloat, as a ship or aircraft.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrases 12.
to pass (life): to live a life of ease.
13.
to practice, represent, or exhibit in one's life: to live one's philosophy.
14.
live down, to live so as to allow (a mistake, disgrace, etc.) to be forgotten or forgiven: She'll never live that crucial moment of failure down.
15.
live inout, to reside at or away from the place of one's employment, especially as a domestic servant: Their butler lives in, but the maids live out.
16.
Idioms live up to, to live in accordance with (expectations or an ideal or standard); measure up to: He never lived up to his father's vision of him.
17.
18.
live it up, Informal. to live in an extravagant or wild manner; pursue pleasure: He started living it up after he got out of the army.
19.
live well, to live comfortably: They're not wealthy but they live well.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English liven, Old English lifian, libban; cognate with Dutch leven, German leben, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban
before 900; Middle English liven, Old English lifian, libban; cognate with Dutch leven, German leben, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban
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life (laɪf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl lives | |
| 1. | the state or quality that distinguishes living beings or organisms from dead ones and from inorganic matter, characterized chiefly by metabolism, growth, and the ability to reproduce and respond to stimuliRelated: animate, vital |
| 2. | the period between birth and death |
| 3. | a living person or being: to save a life |
| 4. | the time between birth and the present time |
| 5. | a. the remainder or extent of one's life |
| b. (as modifier): a life sentence; life membership; life subscription; life work | |
| 6. | short for life imprisonment |
| 7. | the amount of time that something is active or functioning: the life of a battery |
| 8. | a present condition, state, or mode of existence: my life is very dull here |
| 9. | a. a biography |
| b. (as modifier): a life story | |
| 10. | a. a characteristic state or mode of existence: town life |
| b. (as modifier): life style | |
| 11. | the sum or course of human events and activities |
| 12. | liveliness or high spirits: full of life |
| 13. | a source of strength, animation, or vitality: he was the life of the show |
| 14. | all living things, taken as a whole: there is no life on Mars; plant life |
| 15. | sparkle, as of wines |
| 16. | strong or high flavour, as of fresh food |
| 17. | (modifier) arts drawn or taken from a living model: life drawing; a life mask |
| 18. | physics another name for lifetime |
| 19. | (in certain games) one of a number of opportunities of participation |
| 20. | informal as large as life real and living |
| 21. | larger than life in an exaggerated form |
| 22. | come to life |
| a. to become animate or conscious | |
| b. to be realistically portrayed or represented | |
| 23. | for dear life urgently or with extreme vigour or desperation |
| 24. | for the life of one though trying desperately |
| 25. | informal (Austral), (NZ) go for your life an expression of encouragement |
| 26. | a matter of life and death a matter of extreme urgency |
| 27. | informal not on your life certainly not |
| 28. | informal the life and soul a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness: the life and soul of the party |
| 29. | informal the life of Riley an easy life |
| 30. | to the life (of a copy or image) resembling the original exactly |
| 31. | informal to save one's life in spite of all considerations or attempts: he couldn't play football to save his life |
| 32. | the time of one's life a memorably enjoyable time |
| 33. | true to life faithful to reality |
| Related: animate, vital | |
| [Old English līf; related to Old High German lib, Old Norse līf life, body] | |
| live1 (lɪv) | |
| —vb (usually foll by in | |
| 1. | to show the characteristics of life; be alive |
| 2. | to remain alive or in existence |
| 3. | to exist in a specified way: to live poorly |
| 4. | to reside or dwell: to live in London |
| 5. | ( |
| 6. | ( |
| 7. | to support one's style of life; subsist: to live by writing |
| 8. | ( |
| 9. | ( |
| 10. | (tr) to pass or spend (one's life, etc) |
| 11. | to enjoy life to the full: he knows how to live |
| 12. | (tr) to put into practice in one's daily life; express: he lives religion every day |
| 13. | live and let live to refrain from interfering in others' lives; to be tolerant |
| 14. | informal (US) where one lives in one's sensitive or defenceless position |
| [Old English libban, lifian; related to Old High German libēn, Old Norse lifa] | |
| live2 (laɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (prenominal) showing the characteristics of life |
| 2. | (usually prenominal) of, relating to, or abounding in life: the live weight of an animal |
| 3. | (usually prenominal) of current interest; controversial: a live issue |
| 4. | actual: a real live cowboy |
| 5. | informal full of life and energy |
| 6. | (of a coal, ember, etc) glowing or burning |
| 7. | (esp of a volcano) not extinct |
| 8. | loaded or capable of exploding: a live bomb |
| 9. | radio, television transmitted or present at the time of performance, rather than being a recording: a live show |
| 10. | of a record |
| a. recorded in concert | |
| b. recorded in one studio take, without overdubs or splicing | |
| 11. | connected to a source of electric power: a live circuit |
| 12. | (esp of a colour or tone) brilliant or splendid |
| 13. | acoustically reverberant: a live studio |
| 14. | sport (of a ball) in play |
| 15. | (of rocks, ores, etc) not quarried or mined; native |
| 16. | being in a state of motion or transmitting power; positively connected to a driving member |
| 17. | printing |
| a. (of copy) not yet having been set into type | |
| b. (of type that has been set) still in use | |
| —adv | |
| 18. | during, at, or in the form of a live performance: the show went out live |
| [C16: from on live | |
| lives (laɪvz) | |
| —n | |
| the plural of life | |
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Word Origin & History
life
O.E. life (dat. lif), from P.Gmc. *liba- (cf. O.N. lif "life, body," Du. lijf "body," O.H.G. lib "life," Ger. Leib "body"), properly "continuance, perseverance," from PIE *lip- "to remain, persevere, continue, live" (see leave). Much of the modern range of meaning was present
in O.E. Extended 1703 to "term of duration (of inanimate objects)." Life cycle is attested from 1873. Life-and-death "vitally important" is from 1822. Life of Riley is from 1919, perhaps from 1880s song about a man named O'Reilly and how he got rich and lived at ease. Lifer "prisoner serving a life sentence" is slang from 1830.
live
O.E. lifian (Anglian), libban (W.Saxon) "to be alive," also "to supply oneself with food, to pass life (in some condition)," from P.Gmc. stem *libæ (cf. O.N. lifa, O.Fris. libba, Ger. leben, Goth. liban "to live"), from PIE base *leip- "to remain, continue" (cf. Gk. liparein "to persist, persevere;"
see leave).
"According to the Dutch Prouerbe ... Leuen ende laetan leuen, To liue and to let others liue." [Malynes, 1622]To live it up "live gaily and extravagantly" is from 1951. To live up to "act in accordance with" is from 1690s. To live (something) down "outwear (some slander or embarrassment)" is from 1842. To live with "cohabit as husband and wife" is attested from 1749; sense of "to put up with" is attested from 1937. Lived-in "inhabited, occupied" is first recorded 1873. Live-in (adj.) first attested, 1955. Expression live and learn is attested from c.1620.
live
1540s, "having life," later (1611) "burning, glowing," aphetic of alive (q.v.). Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799; live wire is attested from 1890; figurative sense of "active person" is from 1903. Meaning "in-person (performance)"
is first attested 1934.
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Medical Dictionary
life (līf)
n. pl. lives (līvz)
The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.
The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.
Living organisms considered as a group.
A living being, especially a person.
live (līv)
adj.
Having life; alive.
Capable of replicating in a host's cells.
Containing living microorganisms or active virus, as a vaccine.
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Science Dictionary
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Life definition
generally of physical life (Gen. 2:7; Luke 16:25, etc.); also used figuratively (1) for immortality (Heb. 7:16); (2) conduct or manner of life (Rom. 6:4); (3) spiritual life or salvation (John 3:16, 17, 18, 36); (4) eternal life (Matt. 19:16, 17; John 3:15); of God and Christ as the absolute source and cause of all life (John 1:4; 5:26, 39; 11:25; 12:50).
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Example sentences
The government meddles in our lives in non-economic ways too.
His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled.
One thousand more attempt to take their own lives every month.
The idea that the office is a specific place where our professional lives happen is becoming less universal, and less important.
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