that's life

: the person, thing, or idea indicated, mentioned, or understood from the situation

: the time, action, or event specified

: the kind or thing specified as follows

used as a function word to introduce a noun clause that is usually the subject or object of a verb or a predicate nominative

used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause that is anticipated by the expletive it occurring as subject of the verb

used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause that is joined as complement to a noun or adjective

: being the person, thing, or idea specified, mentioned, or understood

: being the one specified

: so great a : such

used as a function word to introduce a restrictive relative clause and to serve as a substitute within that clause for the substantive modified by the clause

: at which : in which : on which : by which : with which : to which

: according to what : to the extent of what

: to such an extent

: very, extremely

: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body

: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings

: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

: of or relating to animate being

: lifelong

: using a living model