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life
  1. (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
    1. (biology) A status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
  2. Lifeforms, generally or collectively,
  3. (countable) The fact of a particular individual being alive; a living individual.
  4. Existence.
    1. (phenomenology) The subjective and inner manifestation of the individual.
    2. A worthwhile existence.
    3. Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
    4. (informal) Social life.
  5. A period of time during which something has existence.
    1. The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
    2. The span of time during which an object operates.
    3. The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
    4. (colloquial) A life sentence; a term of imprisonment of a convict until his or her death.
  6. Animation; spirit; vivacity.
    1. The most lively component or participant.
  7. A biography.
  8. (video game) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “Letting my pet dog eat chocolate will put its life at risk.”
      “We found an abundance of life within the jungle.”
      “He longed for a more exciting life than having to go through the daily grind each day.”
livelihood
  1. (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. [10th-17th c.]
  2. A person's means of supporting themself. [from 14th c.]
  3. (now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate. [from 15th c.]
  4. (obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “It's true the timber trade provides a livelihood for some inhabitants of the region, but not for long.”
      “These poor souls also need investments to enable them to find jobs to earn a livelihood.”
      “His skills as a rainmaker and the effectiveness of his amulets in protecting the emperors assured his livelihood in the capital.”
living
  1. (uncountable) The state of being alive.
  2. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
  3. A style of life.
  4. (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “And what does this lady do for a living to get a nickname like that?”
      “Indoor living meets outdoor lifestyle on both levels of the house.”
lifestyle
  1. A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.
  2. (marketing) The totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “If your busy bodybuilding lifestyle makes it impossible to buy fresh veggies often, the next best bet is frozen.”
      “It afforded me a totally different lifestyle, going from baby-sitting and waitressing to travelling around the world singing songs.”
      “His workshop is an introduction to a healthy lifestyle of fun, walking and exercise and lasts for ninety minutes.”
lifestream
  1. According to certain New Age beliefs, a stream of life force associated with an individual being.
  2. (Internet) A time-ordered stream of documents that functions as a diary of one's electronic life.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The student must be aware of his lifestream and field of vital energy.”
lifespan
  1. The length of time for which an organism lives.
  2. (by extension)  The length of time for which something exists or is current or valid.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “We are constantly bombarded with more information than we can process in a human lifespan.”
      “But she stresses the short lifespan of a football career should not detract girls from getting involved in the sport.”
      “Inclusion of later years into the cumulative lifespan measure diluted the effect.”
lifelore
lifeblood
  1. Blood that is needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life.
  2. (figuratively) That which is required for continued existence or function.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “And by the time you came to me, that fool of a doctor had bled and leeched the lifeblood out of Timmy.”
      “The lifeblood of democracy is the free exchange of ideas.”
      “More than 95 percent of the mature Fraser firs in the park are dead, robbed of their lifeblood and poisoned by a toxin injected by the adelgid.”
livener
lifetime
  1. The duration of the life of someone or something.
  2. (informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I had uttered more prayers there than ever in my lifetime upon Earth.”
      “She appeared to be living out a scene she had actually experienced in a previous lifetime.”
      “Traffic management is a means to decrease the wear and damage on road assets caused by trucks in order to extend the lifetime of road infrastructure.”
lifestylist
  1. (derogatory) One who adopts the superficial trappings of a political movement, such as anarchism, without being dedicated to the cause.
lifehack
  1. Any process or technique that reduces the chaos in one's life and makes it easier to manage, or more convenient
  2. Examples:
    1. “I was not the only one who thought of Car2Go as the ultimate lifehack for city dwellers.”
      “It is traditional matchmaking with a modern, efficient twist, another boring and earnest contemporary lifehack for grownups tired of wasting their time.”
      “Up against the final 16 words such as bitcoin, bestie, ew, retweet, zen, woot, booyah, cosplay, lifehack, and adorbs, geocache came out as the final winner.”
lifestylism
  1. (derogatory) The appropriation of something as a lifestyle, without regard to its underlying tenets or meaning.
lifeway
  1. (Canada) One's path through life; a manner, a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This diorama shows a reconstruction of the lifeway of the historic Kickapoo people in Illinois.”
      “The inhabitants of and visitors to the Park, their lifeway and beliefs are crucial to this nomination.”
      “The Netiv Hagdud occupants manufactured and used large numbers of sickles, grinding tools, and storage facilities, indicating an agricultural lifeway that preceded domesticated plants.”
lifescape
  1. A layout or representation of one's life, often depicted by life experiences, events, and circumstances
  2. Examples:
    1. “I for one have always wanted to share my story because I believe that my lifescape can resonate with a few others.”
      “Thanks, Alan, for hours of entertainment and for some extraordinary experiences I would never have had if you and Christina and Gianna hadn't become part of my lifescape.”
livingness
  1. The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigour; animation.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The only cure for this creeping inertia is to ignore the body and take joy in the livingness of service.”
      “True wisdom has no age, and those who seek it express the joy of its eternal livingness.”
      “These few thoughts may serve to make this Invocation live afresh in your minds and take on a new and vital livingness.”
lifestyler
  1. One who lives an alternative lifestyle all the time, not just occasionally.
lifelogging
  1. The practice of capturing and recording images of one's entire life
lifestring
  1. (archaic) A nerve, or string, supposed to be essential to life.
lifeskill
  1. Any skill, normally learned as a child, that is needed to participate in everyday life.
lifepath
  1. One's path through life, as determined by the decisions one makes.
livity
  1. (Rastafarianism) harmony in a natural world and living faith
aliveness
  1. The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But throughout the book the occasional faults matter little against the poetry's terrible aliveness.”
      “I mean it in the concrete sense that is used in everyday life, the sense of soul, feeling, connectedness, inspiration, and aliveness.”
      “That sense of aliveness isn't there when you read the text, and seeing the performance will be much more engaging.”
lifesomeness
liveliness
  1. The quality of being lively; animation; energy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He astonished his hearers by the untiring vigor and liveliness of his performance.”
      “A charity auction of artworks donated by numerous artists also contributed to the liveliness of the event.”
      “Her animation and liveliness engaged her young students, as evidenced by the children's laughter and high degree of participation.”
lifeaholic
  1. (informal) A person who is passionate about making the most of life.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Are you a workaholic? Now that you've got a family, it's time to become a lifeaholic.”
      “I've gone from being a workaholic to a lifeaholic who works just enough to put salad on the table.”
lifeday
  1. (now rare, archaic) A day of someone's life; chiefly in plural: a lifetime. [from 9th c.]
lifelog
  1. (computing) A collection of images of events in one's life, analogous to a weblog.
lifelessness
  1. The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The lifelessness of the abandoned mansion was eerie, with dust-covered furniture and no signs of human activity for years.”
      “The lifelessness of his routine was beginning to take its toll on his overall happiness and motivation.”
      “The lifelessness of the room was palpable as the guests sat in silence, their spirits dampened by the somber atmosphere.”
lifesaving
  1. The act of saving a life, especially from drowning.
livebirth
  1. The birth of a living fetus.
lifespring
  1. A spring or source of life.
livelode
  1. (obsolete) Course of life; means of support; livelihood.
lifeform
  1. Any specific living organism.
lifelogger
  1. A person who practices lifelogging
liveability
  1. Alternative spelling of livability
  2. Examples:
    1. “They were focused on a certain form of efficiency at the cost of liveability, heritage and sustainability.”
      “Many of the conditions described above affect the liveability of young people's environments.”
      “That means less oxygen is making it down to the depths, reducing the liveability of the oceans.”
lifemanship
  1. The art or skill of living well.
lifemate
  1. A companion for life.
life-style
  1. Alternative spelling of lifestyle
  2. Examples:
    1. “In Scotland and Ireland gypsies were often called tinkers because of their similar wandering life-style.”
      “An increasingly passive life-style in the Western World has led to a rise in life-style related disorders.”
      “The couch potato, chip-munching life-style is too common and it is clearly unhealthy.”
livelihed
  1. Obsolete form of livelihood..
  2. Examples:
    1. Livelihed, engineers can communicate and share documenackleton, President, Open Text Corporation.”
livelod
  1. Obsolete form of livelihood.
livelood
  1. Obsolete form of livelihood.
lifestreaming
  1. (Internet) The keeping of a lifestream.
lifeness
  1. (philosophy) The state or quality of having a life.
lifelings
  1. (nonce word, obsolete) Little lives; used as part of an oath.
liveableness
  1. The quality of being liveable.
livability
  1. The property of being livable.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The value and livability will be improved if there is a clear bed area that can be curtained off, and a separate kitchen is essential.”
      “The NCC accordingly has a strong interest in projects that influence the image and livability of the National Capital Region.”
      “The news was a reminder that, even as the capital has stepped up its anti-smog efforts, livability may be a long way off.”
livableness
  1. The quality of being livable.
lifelikeness
  1. Quality of being lifelike.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Chekhov wrote The Steppe, appropriately the first tale in this volume, when he was 28, and it is a kind of manifesto of Chekhovian lifelikeness.”
      “The first-person voice's capacity for lifelikeness and oral illusion has been Gurganus's great Southern storytelling inheritance.”
      “The trend toward perfect lifelikeness seems like a trend away from artificiality.”
lifehacker
  1. One who uses lifehacks.
alife
  1. Alternative form of A-life
liveness
  1. The property of being alive.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Because nothing compares to the liveness of live theatre, to that sense of being in the moment.”
      “Such a play has an immediacy and liveness that strongly appeals to those who delight to image forth the past.”
      “The main thing, they show, was that it was live — and that its liveness embodied, in itself, the bravery and risk of the mission.”
lifehacking
  1. The use of lifehacks.
live
  1. (obsolete) life.
lively
  1. (nautical) Term of address.
lifestylists
  1. plural of lifestylist
liveabilities
  1. plural of liveability
life-styles
  1. plural of life-style
lifeaholics
  1. plural of lifeaholic
lifehackers
  1. plural of lifehacker
lifeloggers
  1. plural of lifelogger
lifesprings
  1. plural of lifespring
lifestreams
  1. plural of lifestream
lifestrings
  1. plural of lifestring
lifestylers
  1. plural of lifestyler
livelihoods
  1. plural of livelihood
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Many people's health, their livelihoods, environment and prospects for a secured and fulfilled future are being destroyed.”
      “The issue was later taken up by an organisation committed to the Gandhian approach for justice and peoples control over their livelihoods.”
      “His government has stood by idly as the livelihoods of thousands are destroyed.”
livabilities
  1. plural of livability
livelinesses
livingnesses
  1. plural of livingness
lifescapes
  1. plural of lifescape
lifeskills
  1. plural of lifeskill
  2. Examples:
    1. “There is provision at Picasso Café for two chef instructors, two dining room instructors, a lifeskills counsellor, and an employment counsellor.”
      “Through experience, vocational lifeskills were identified as an essential training area.”
      “Schools can also be a key factor for initiating change by helping to develop useful lifeskills on health and hygiene.”
livebirths
  1. plural of livebirth
lifebloods
lifestyles
  1. plural of lifestyle
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “By understanding different lifestyles, the BBC can ensure it constantly reassesses its own relevance to the 21st century audience.”
      “Celebrities must embrace ever more excessive lifestyles in order to guarantee continued space in the red tops.”
      “Yet working-class people and lifestyles are subject to vituperative attacks.”
alivenesses
lifeforms
  1. plural of lifeform
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The aim was to sample the planet surface for signs of lifeforms similar to those that could survive on earth.”
      “His speculations about possible Venusian lifeforms helped while away the hours on the plane and the stop-overs at Keflavik.”
      “Often times, the landscapes are bleak in the grayish washed out world of factories or barren landscapes of the indigenous lifeforms.”
lifehacks
  1. plural of lifehack
  2. Examples:
    1. “Here are their picks of the most pointless, depressing and downright offensive lifehacks on the market … AWB: It's a Bluetooth-enabled necklace.”
      “When not working with clients or volunteering with the National Association of Professional Organizers, Deb shares organizing tips and lifehacks via her blog.”
      “And fortunately, because I'm a journalist, I have an excuse to tell you about them, whereas otherwise I'd just be that appallingly tedious guy at social events who won't stop telling you about his favorite lifehacks.”
lifemates
  1. plural of lifemate
lifepaths
  1. plural of lifepath
lifespans
liveloods
  1. plural of livelood
lifetimes
  1. plural of lifetime
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Only one in five elite Marylanders contracted debts during their lifetimes that forced the selling of land or slaves.”
      “It was not Alvin's intention to foreclose the possibility of his children ever buying a home of their own in their lifetimes.”
      “Echeverias are polycarpic, meaning that they may flower and set seed many times over the course of their lifetimes.”
livenesses
  1. plural of liveness
lifedays
  1. plural of lifeday
lifelogs
  1. plural of lifelog
lifeways
  1. plural of lifeway
  2. Examples:
    1. “Traditional lifeways integrate economic, spiritual, and social aspects of life in use areas through the centuries.”
      “There, Native interpreters in seventeenth-century dress interact with visitors and answer questions about both past and contemporary Wampanoag lifeways.”
      “The ideal person is industrious, carries out his religious obligations, and does not seek change in his traditional lifeways.”
livelods
  1. plural of livelod
liveners
livings
  1. plural of living
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A notable pluralist, he received lucrative ecclesiastical preferments from the king, including prebends in six cathedrals, pensions, and livings.”
      “The king restored him to his household and council, with his livings and possessions, from which he had been disseized before.”
      “The majority of benefices in these deaneries were unlikely to attract the covetous attention of pluralist clergy seeking to acquire rich livings.”
livelies
  1. plural of lively
lifes
  1. (obsolete, possibly not standard in any era) plural of life
  2. Examples:
    1. “This retrospective focuses entirely on works held in British collections, spanning portraits, still lifes and landscapes.”
      “Her early work consisted mostly of impressionistic nudes and still lifes painted with a bold palette.”
      “Still lifes usually show beautiful vessels filled with wine and appetizing fruit or other dainties invitingly arranged on lovely china.”
lives
  1. plural of life
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