LIFE

A characteristic state or mode of living

Example: "Social life"

The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

Example: "He could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

The course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living

Example: "He hoped for a new life in australia"

The condition of living or the state of being alive

Example: "While there's life there's hope"

The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

Example: "The battery had a short life"

The period between birth and the present time

Example: "I have known him all his life"

The period from the present until death

Example: "He appointed himself emperor for life"

A living person

Example: "His heroism saved a life"

Animation and energy in action or expression

Example: "It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

Living things collectively

Example: "The oceans are teeming with life"

The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

Example: "There is no life on the moon"

An account of the series of events making up a person's life

A motive for living

Example: "Pottery was his life"

A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

Example: "He got life for killing the guard"