vi·ta

[vahy-tuh, vee-; Latin wee-tah]
noun, plural vi·tae [vahy-tee, vee-tahy; Latin wee-tahy] .
curriculum vitae ( def 1 ).
Also, vi·tae [vahy-tee, vee-tahy] .


Origin:
1920–25; < Latin: life

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Vi·ta

[vee-tuh]
noun
a female given name, form of Davida.
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Vita is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Sack·ville-West

[sak-vil-west]
noun
Dame Victoria Mary ( "Vita" ) 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
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Sackville-West (ˌsækvɪl ˈwɛst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Victoria (Mary), known as Vita. 1892--1962, British writer and gardener, whose works include the novel The Edwardians (1930) and the poem The Land (1931). She is also noted for the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent. Married to Harold Nicolson

vita (ˈviːtə, ˈvaɪ-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl vitae
(US), (Canadian) a less common term for curriculum vitae
 
[from Latin: life]

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Example sentences
Media appearances should be after conference presentations and somewhere around
  service on the vita.
Since publications conventionally come at the end of a vita, committees are
  sure to look for them there.
Invariably, the vitalist is scrutinized in the light of his own vita.
Retirement has hardly slowed down the fashion eminence's dolce vita.
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