Entry Word: life

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a history of a person's life <our assignment is to write a short life of an author of our own choosing> — see biography
2 a member of the human race <an appalling number of lives were lost in the war> — see human
3 active strength of body or mind <even though heʼs 86 years old, he still shows a lot of life> — see vigor 1
4 the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress <the Egyptian civilization had an extremely long life> — see duration 1
5 the way people live at a particular time and place <frontier life must have been rugged, exciting, challenging, and not a little dangerous> — see civilization 1