life
noun
1 life
A characteristic state or mode of living.
Roget 151:
eventuality,
event,
occurrence,
incident,
affair,
matter,
thing,
episode,
happening,
proceeding,
contingency,
juncture,
experience,
fact;
matter of fact;
naked fact,
bare facts,
just the facts;
phenomenon;
advent.
business,
concern,
transaction,
dealing,
proceeding;
circumstance,
particular,
casualty,
accident,
adventure,
passage,
crisis,
pass,
emergency,
contingency,
consequence;
opportunity
(occasion)
143.
the world,
life,
things,
doings,
affairs in general;
things in general,
affairs in general;
the times,
state of affairs,
order of the day;
course of things,
tide of things,
stream of things,
current of things,
run of things,
march of things,
course of events;
ups and downs of life,
vicissitudes of life;
chapter of accidents
etc.
(chance)
156;
situation
etc.
(circumstances)
8.
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Roget 692:
conduct
[actions of an individual agent];
behavior;
deportment,
comportment;
carriage,
maintien†,
demeanor,
guise,
bearing,
manner,
observance.
dealing,
transaction
etc.
(action)
680;
business
etc.
625.
tactics,
game,
game plan,
policy,
polity;
generalship,
statesmanship,
seamanship;
strategy,
strategics†;
plan
etc.
626.
management;
husbandry;
housekeeping,
housewifery;
stewardship;
menage;
regime;
economy,
economics;
political economy;
government
etc.
(direction)
693.
execution,
manipulation,
treatment,
campaign,
career,
life,
course,
walk,
race,
record.
course of conduct,
line of conduct,
line of action,
line of proceeding;
role;
process,
ways,
practice,
procedure,
modus operandi,
MO,
method of operating;
method
&c.;
path
etc.
627.
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Dutch: kring, leefwereld, leven, milieu, omgeving, scene, wereld
2 life
The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities:
— He could no longer cope with the complexities of life.
synonym: living.
3 life
The course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living.
Dutch: leven
Polish: życie
4 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.
synonyms: aliveness, animation, living.
Roget 359:
life,
vitality,
viability;
animation;
vital spark,
vital flame,
soul,
spirit.
respiration,
wind;
breath of life,
breath of one's nostrils;
oxygen,
air.
[devices to sustain respiration]
respirator,
artificial respirator,
heart and lung machine,
iron lung;
medical devices
etc.
662.
lifeblood;
Archeus†;
existence
etc.
1.
vivification;
vital force;
vitalization;
revivification
etc.
163;
Prometheus;
life to come
etc.
(destiny)
152.
[Science of life]
physiology,
biology;
animal ecology.
nourishment,
staff of life
etc.
(food)
298.
genetics,
heredity,
inheritance,
evolution,
natural selection,
reproduction
(production)
161.
microbe,
aerobe,
anaerobe,
facultative anaerobe,
obligate aerobe,
obligate anaerobe,
halophile [Micro.],
methanogen [Micro.],
archaebacteria [Micro.],
microaerophile [Micro.].
animal
etc.
366;
vegetable
etc.
367.
artificial life,
robot,
robotics,
artificial intelligence.
[vital signs]
breathing,
breathing rate,
heartbeat,
pulse,
temperature.
preservation of life,
healing
(medicine)
662.
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Roget 836:
cheerfulness
etc.
adj.;
geniality,
gayety,
l'allegro [Fr.],
cheer,
good humor,
spirits;
high spirits,
animal spirits,
flow of spirits;
glee,
high glee,
light heart;
sunshine of the mind,
sunshine of the breast;
gaiete de coeur [Fr.],
bon naturel [Fr.].
liveliness
etc.
adj.;
life,
alacrity,
vivacity,
animation,
allegresse†;
jocundity,
joviality,
jollity;
levity;
jocularity
etc.
(wit)
842.
mirth,
merriment,
hilarity,
exhilaration;
laughter
etc.
838;
merrymaking
etc.
(amusement)
840;
heyday,
rejoicing
etc.
838;
marriage bell.
nepenthe,
Euphrosyne†,
sweet forgetfulness.
optimism
etc.
(hopefulness)
858;
self complacency;
hedonics†,
hedonism.
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Dutch: aanzijn, leven, voortbestaan
5 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.
synonyms: life-time, lifespan, lifetime.
Dutch: levensduur, levenslang, leven, leeftijd
Polish: życie
6 life
The period between birth and the present time.
7 life
The period from the present until death.
Dutch: levensduur
8 life
A living person.
Dutch: mensenleven
9 life
Animation and energy in action or expression:
— It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it.
synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness.
Roget 682:
activity;
briskness,
liveliness
etc.
adj.;
animation,
life,
vivacity,
spirit,
dash,
energy;
snap,
vim.
nimbleness,
agility;
smartness,
quickness
etc.
adj.;
velocity,
etc.
274;
alacrity,
promptitude;
despatch,
dispatch;
expedition;
haste
etc.
684;
punctuality
etc.
(early)
132.
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
perfervidum aingenium [Lat.],
empressement [Fr.],
earnestness,
intentness;
abandon;
vigor
etc.
(physical energy)
171;
devotion
etc.
(resolution)
604;
exertion
etc.
686.
industry,
assiduity;
assiduousness
etc.
adj.;
sedulity;
laboriousness;
drudgery
etc.
(labor)
686;
painstaking,
diligence;
perseverance
etc.
604.1;
indefatigation†;
habits of business.
vigilance
etc.
459;
wakefulness;
sleeplessness,
restlessness;
insomnia;
pervigilium†,
insomnium†;
racketing.
movement,
bustle,
stir,
fuss,
ado,
bother,
pottering,
fidget,
fidgetiness;
flurry
etc.
(haste)
684.
officiousness;
dabbling,
meddling;
interference,
interposition,
intermeddling;
tampering with,
intrigue.
press of business,
no sinecure,
plenty to do,
many irons in the fire,
great doings,
busy hum of men,
battle of life,
thick of the action.
housewife,
busy bee;
new brooms;
sharp fellow,
sharp blade;
devotee,
enthusiast,
zealot,
meddler,
intermeddler,
intriguer,
busybody,
pickthank†;
hummer,
hustler,
live man [U.S.],
rustler [U.S.].
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Dutch: levendigheid, beweeglijkheid
10 life
Living things collectively.
11 life
The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones.
12 life
An account of the series of events making up a person's life.
synonyms: biography, life history, life story.
Roget 594:
description,
account,
statement,
report;
expose
etc.
(disclosure)
529;
specification,
particulars;
state of facts,
summary of facts;
brief
etc.
(abstract)
596;
return
etc.
(record)
551;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.]
etc.
(list)
86;
guidebook
etc.
(information)
527.
delineation
etc.
(representation)
554;
sketch;
monograph;
minute account,
detailed particular account,
circumstantial account,
graphic account;
narration,
recital,
rehearsal,
relation.
historiography†,
chronography†;
historic Muse,
Clio;
history;
biography,
autobiography;
necrology,
obituary.
narrative,
history;
memoir,
memorials;
annals
etc.
(chronicle)
551;
saga;
tradition,
legend,
story,
tale,
historiette†;
personal narrative,
journal,
life,
adventures,
fortunes,
experiences,
confessions;
anecdote,
ana†,
trait.
work of fiction,
novel,
romance,
Minerva press;
fairy tale,
nursery tale;
fable,
parable,
apologue†;
dime novel,
penny dreadful,
shilling shocker relator
etc.
v.;
raconteur,
historian
etc.
(recorder)
553;
biographer,
fabulist†,
novelist.
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Dutch: biografie, levensgeschiedenis, levensverhaal
Polish: biografia, życiorys
13 life
A motive for living.
Dutch: levensdoel
14 life
A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives:
— He got life for killing the guard.
synonym: life sentence.
Dutch: levenslange gevangenisstraf, levenslang
Polish: dożywocie
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