life
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Old English līf, from Proto-Germanic *līƀom, from Proto-Indo-European *lībʰ-. Cognate with Dutch lijf (“‘body’”), German Leib (“‘body’”), Swedish liv (“‘waist, life’”).
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[edit] Noun
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life (plural lives)
- The state that precedes death and follows birth or conception.
- (biology) A status given to any entity including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc. — and sometimes viruses — having the properties of replication and metabolism.
- (philosophy) The essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being.
- (phenomenology) the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual.
- The world in general; existence.
- Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.
- A worthwhile existence.
- He gets up early in the morning, works all day long — even on weekends — and hardly sees his family. That's no life!
- A biography.
- His life of the founder is finished, except for the title.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- She's my love, my life.
- (colloquial) A life sentence; a term of imprisonment of a convict until his or her death.
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- This light bulb is designed to have a life of 2,000 hours.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when a mistake is made.
- Scoring 1000 points is rewarded with an extra life.
[edit] Quotations
- (philosophy, essence of manifestation and foundation of being): 1994: Violet Quill, Robert Ferro:
- Most things in life, including life itself, seemed to have articulated sections, discrete and separate and straightforward.
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- (philosophy, essence of manifestation and foundation of being): existence, experience
- (the world in general): time
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[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from life
[edit] Translations
The state between death and birth
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a status given to an entity with the properties of replication and metabolism
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the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being
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the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual
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The world in general, existence
A worthwhile existence
inheritantly part of a person's existence
life sentence
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duration
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[edit] External links
- Biological life
- Phenomenological life
- Philosophy of the life
- “life” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- "life" at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
