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Life

noun

(pl. lives)

1.

A characteristic state or mode of living. "City life" , "Real life"

2.

The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities. Synonym: living.

3.

The course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living. "He wanted to live his own life without interference from others"

4.

The condition of living or the state of being alive. Synonyms: aliveness, animation, living. "Life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

5.

The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death). Synonyms: life-time, lifespan, lifetime. "He lived a long and happy life"

6.

The period between birth and the present time.

7.

The period from the present until death.

8.

A living person.

9.

Animation and energy in action or expression. Synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness.

10.

Living things collectively.

11.

The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones.

12.

An account of the series of events making up a person's life. Synonyms: biography, life history, life story.

13.

A motive for living.

14.

A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives. Synonym: life sentence.

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... man's effects would naturally be examined, and the evidence of his "guilt" found in his trunk. It was an open and shut game against a dead man! Even his previous good record would smash on the rock of a presumed double life. The fact that Klanner had voluntarily been in a place like Baldy Jack's ...

— The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard

... vice and debauchery; of persons bred up in cities, and unacquainted with the arts of husbandry, who had, therefore, to contend against the combined force of an inveterate propensity to the profligate indulgences of their ancient mode of life, and of utter ignorance of the laborious occupations and thrifty arts of their new: I say if all these serious impediments to success be impartially weighed, it will be seen that the anomaly is rather apparent than real. Nevertheless I do not mean to imply ...

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