life
What is the Definition of life?
Noun:
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the period between birth and the present time
- the period from the present until death
- a living person
- animation and energy in action or expression
- living things collectively
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- a motive for living
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
How can I use life in a sentence?
I have form only when I can share another's body but there have always been those willing to let me into their hearts and minds Unicorn blood has strengthened me, these past weeks you saw faithful Quirrell drinking it for me in the forest and once I have the Elixir of Life, I will be able to create a body of my own .
And slowly, Harry looked into the faces of the other people in the mirror, and saw other pairs of green eyes like his, other noses like his, even a little old man who looked as though he had Harry's knobbly knees — Harry was looking at his family, for the first time in his life.
As Hagrid's story came to a close, he saw again the blinding flash of green light, more clearly than he had ever remembered it before — and he remembered something else, for the first time in his life: a high, cold, cruel laugh.
He would spent his life being clouted by Dudley, and bullied by Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon; if he was really a wizard, why had not they been turned into warty toads every time they'd tried to lock him in his cupboard?
Howling with pain, the troll twisted and flailed its club, with Harry clinging on for dear life; any second, the troll was going to rip him off or catch him a terrible blow with the club.
Other meanings of life (synonyms, cognates).
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| life long |
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| life sentence |
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| life table |
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| lifeboat |
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| lifeless |
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| lifelike |
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| lifesaver |
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