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 →

2) The time from when someone is born until they die. tree →

3) The way someone lives: a busy life, city life. tree →

4) Living things in general: plant life, sea life. tree →

5) Energy and fun: full of life. tree →

6) In games: one of the chances you have before the game ends. tree →

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 →
• Is there life on Mars? tree →
• Grandma has lived here all her life. tree →
• The lifeguard saved a boy's life. tree →
• Wear a life jacket on the boat. tree →
• City life is busy and noisy. tree →
• The coral reef is full of sea life. tree →
• I lost my last life in the game. tree →
• The puppy is full of life. tree →
• Life became a burden to them.[273] tree →

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.
• A welcome card from new neighbours is a friendly hello, and getting on with neighbours makes life easier.
• Grown-ups also tease children about girlfriends and crushes, and older people sometimes find new partners late in life.
• Diabetes is not caused by eating one too many sweets, and with care people with diabetes live normal lives.
• Having life insurance is a sensible plan made by many parents; it does not mean anyone expects to die soon.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «life» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.