Life
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
Framework senses
- §1
- living things collectively
- §2
- animation and energy in action or expression
- §3
- the experience of being alive
- §4
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- §5
- a motive for living
- §6
- a living person
- §7
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- §8
- the course of existence of an individual
- §9
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- §10
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- §11
- the period during which something is functional
- §12
- the period between birth and the present time
- §13
- the period from the present until death
- §14
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives