[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/life.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / life [← L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/L/) # life «life» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a life, lives — uncountable in the general sense) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#m1) 2) The time from when someone is born until they die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#m2) 3) The way someone lives: a busy life, city life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#m3) 4) Living things in general: plant life, sea life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#m4) 5) Energy and fun: full of life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#m5) 6) In games: one of the chances you have before the game ends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#m6) ### sense in the lessons In science: signs of life (moving, breathing, growing, needing food, reproducing, sensing); life cycles of frogs, butterflies and plants; life on Earth needs water and sunlight. In safety: «life jacket», «lifeguard», «save a life». In stories: a character's life and adventures. Phrases: life cycle, real life, way of life, all my life, save a life, wildlife, lifetime, life jacket, bring to life. ### examples - A frog's life cycle starts with an egg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x1) - Is there life on Mars? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x2) - Grandma has lived here all her life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x3) - The lifeguard saved a boy's life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x4) - Wear a life jacket on the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x5) - City life is busy and noisy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x6) - The coral reef is full of sea life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x7) - I lost my last life in the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x8) - The puppy is full of life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x9) - Life became a burden to them.[273] [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/#x10) ### note Plural: lives (f → v), said «lyves» — the same spelling as «lives» in «she lives here», which is said with a short i. Uncountable when it means living things in general: «There is a lot of life in the pond». Opposite: death. ### In the corpora - [At the other end of working life comes retirement, when people stop paid work for good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/4/) - [A welcome card from new neighbours is a friendly hello, and getting on with neighbours makes life easier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/18/) - [Grown-ups also tease children about girlfriends and crushes, and older people sometimes find new partners late in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/5/) - [Diabetes is not caused by eating one too many sweets, and with care people with diabetes live normal lives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/8/) - [Having life insurance is a sensible plan made by many parents; it does not mean anyone expects to die soon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/26-what-people-leave-behind/17/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «life» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.