Are you trying to hyphenate life? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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A characteristic state or mode of living Social life City life Real life |
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The experience of being alive The course of human events and activities He could no longer cope with the complexities of life |
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The course of existence of an individual The actions and events that occur in living He hoped for a new life in Australia He wanted to live his own life without interference from others |
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The condition of living or the state of being alive While there's life there's hope Life depends on many chemical and physical processes |
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The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) The battery had a short life He lived a long and happy life |
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The period between birth and the present time I have known him all his life |
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The period from the present until death He appointed himself emperor for life |
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A living person His heroism saved a life |
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Animation and energy in action or expression It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it |
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Living things collectively The oceans are teeming with life |
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The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones There is no life on the moon |
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An account of the series of events making up a person's life |
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A motive for living Pottery was his life |
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A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives He got life for killing the guard |
| noun | being, beingness, existence |
| noun | being, beingness, existence |
| noun | living, experience |
| noun | animation, living, aliveness, being, beingness, existence |
| noun | lifetime, lifespan, time period, period of time, period |
| noun | time period, period of time, period |
| noun | liveliness, spirit, sprightliness, animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification |
| noun | biography, life story, life history, history, account, chronicle, story |
| noun | time period, period of time, period |
| noun | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul |
| noun | living thing, animate thing
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| noun | motivation, motive, need |
| noun | organic phenomenon
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| noun | life sentence, prison term, sentence, time |