Quick definitions from Macmillan ( )

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Quick definitions from WordNet (life)

▸ noun:  living things collectively ("The oceans are teeming with life")
▸ noun:  the experience of living; the course of human events and activities ("He could no longer cope with the complexities of life")
▸ noun:  a motive for living ("Pottery was his life")
▸ noun:  a living person ("His heroism saved a life")
▸ noun:  the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones ("There is no life on the moon")
▸ noun:  the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living ("He hoped for a new life in Australia")
▸ noun:  a characteristic state or mode of living ("Social life")
▸ noun:  the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) ("The battery had a short life")
▸ noun:  the period between birth and the present time ("I have known him all his life")
▸ noun:  the period from the present until death ("He appointed himself emperor for life")
▸ noun:  animation and energy in action or expression ("It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it")
▸ noun:  an account of the series of events making up a person's life
▸ noun:  the condition of living or the state of being alive ("While there's life there's hope")
▸ noun:  a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives ("He got life for killing the guard")
▸ name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #46570)

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