Definitions of life

1. A characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"


2. The course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living;
"he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference
from others"


3. The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"


4. Animation: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"


5. The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"


6. The period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"


7. Liveliness: animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"


8. Biography: an account of the series of events making up a person's life
the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life"
a living person; "his heroism saved a life"


9. Living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life"


10. A motive for living; "pottery was his life"


11. The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"


12. Life sentence: a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard"