LIFE
none. (plural. Lives) 1 capacity for growth, functional activity, and continual change until death. 2 living things and their activity (insect life; is there life on mars?). 3 a period during which life lasts, or the period from birth to the present time or from the present time to death (have done it all my life; will regret it all my life). B duration of a thing`s existence or ability to function. 4 a person`s state of existence as a living individual (sacrificed their lives). B living person (many lives were lost). 5 a individual`s actions or fortunes; manner of existence (start a new life). B particular aspect of this (private life). 6 business and pleasures of the world (in paris you really see life). 7 energy, liveliness (full of life). 8 biography. 9 colloq. = *life sentence. ? for dear (or one`s) life as if or in order to escape death. For life for the rest of one`s life. Not on your life colloq. Most certainly not. [old english]