life

noun

1. a characteristic state or mode of living"social life"
2. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities"he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
3. the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living"he hoped for a new life in Australia"
4. the condition of living or the state of being alive"while there's life there's hope"
5. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)"the battery had a short life"
6. the period between birth and the present time"I have known him all his life"
7. the period from the present until death"he appointed himself emperor for life"
8. a living person"his heroism saved a life"
9. animation and energy in action or expression"it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
10. living things collectively"the oceans are teeming with life"
11. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones"there is no life on the moon"
12. an account of the series of events making up a person's life