əˈlaɪvnəs æn.əˈmeɪ.ʃən baɪˈɒɡɹəfi baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi laɪf

ˈlaɪftaɪm ˈlaɪvlinəs ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈspɪɹɪt ˈspiɹɪt living things collectively the oceans are teeming with life animation and energy in action or expression it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities he could no longer cope with the complexities of life an account of the series of events making up a person's life a motive for living pottery was his life a living person his heroism saved a life the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones there is no life on the moon the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living he hoped for a new life in Australia he wanted to live his own life without interference from others get a life! he is trying to rebuild his life the condition of living or the state of being alive while there's life there's hope life depends on many chemical and physical processes a characteristic state or mode of living social life city life real life the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) the battery had a short life he lived a long and happy life the period between birth and the present time I have known him all his life the period from the present until death he appointed himself emperor for life a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives he got life for killing the guard