Life

  • 71life — [OE] Prehistoric Germanic *līb denoted ‘remain, be left’. From this was formed the noun *lībam, which in due course produced English life (the semantic connection between ‘remaining’ and life – and the closely related live – is thought to lie in… …

    Word origins

  • 72life — laɪf n. state of being alive (manifested by growth, reproduction, etc.); living organism, something which is alive; life span; time during which something exists or functions; lifestyle; energy; activity; biography; life sentence to prison… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 73life — n. 1. Vitality, the vital spark, the breath of life, the breath of one s nostrils. 2. Time from birth to death, period of life, lifetime. 3. Animated existence, living beings. 4. Mode or course of living, manner of life, course, career. 5.… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 74life, my —    Judging by the frequency with which this expression occurs in literature, it was once a common vocative used between lovers. The thought behind it seems to be ‘that which gives me cause for living’. The Oxford English Dictionary quotes a… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 75life — noun /laɪf/ a) The state that follows birth, and precedes death; the state of being alive and living. He gave up on life. b) The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant, a star) is …

    Wiktionary

  • 76Life — Revista gráfica estadounidense, publicada semanalmente en Nueva York, desde 1936 hasta 1972. Posteriormente sólo circuló en ediciones especiales. Fue una de las revistas estadounidenses más populares e imitadas. Fundada por Henry R. Luce, pronto… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 77Life — Recorded as Ayliff, Ayliffe, Ayloff, Eliffe, Life, Liffe, Liffey, Lyfe, Lyffe, and possibly others, this is an English surname, which although sometimes recorded in Ireland, has no connection with the famous River Liffey. It has two possible… …

    Surnames reference

  • 78life — eksploatavimo trukmė statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. life; life time vok. Lebensdauer, f; Standzeit, f rus. долговечность, f; ресурс, m pranc. ressource, f …

    Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • 79life — also See service life shelf life …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 80life — In the OT the normal reference is to present existence on earth, ended by death, but given by God (Deut. 30:19). In the NT the word often denotes eternal life (Rom. 6:13), especially in the gospel of John (e.g. John 6:48) …

    Dictionary of the Bible