Life vs. Death

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(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

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(biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.

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The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.

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Lifeforms, generally or collectively.

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(countable) A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.

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Existence.

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A worthwhile existence.

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A particular aspect of existence.

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(informal) Social life.

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Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.

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A period of time during which something has existence.

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The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.

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The span of time during which an object operates.

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The period of time during which an object is recognizable.

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A particular phase or period of existence.

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A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).

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Animation; spirit; vivacity.

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The most lively component or participant.

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A biography.

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Nature, reality, and the forms that exist it.

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An opportunity for existence.

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(video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.

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A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.

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The life insurance industry.

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(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).

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The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; - used of all animal and vegetable organisms.

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Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.

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The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and coöperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual.

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Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.

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A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.

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Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.

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That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise.

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The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from, the life.

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A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed.

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The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively.

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An essential constituent of life, esp: the blood.

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A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.

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Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.

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Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; - used as a term of endearment.

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a characteristic state or mode of living;

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the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living;

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the experience of living; the course of human events and activities;

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the condition of living or the state of being alive;

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the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death);

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the period between birth and the present time;

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animation and energy in action or expression;

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an account of the series of events making up a person's life

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the period from the present until death;

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a living person;

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living things collectively;

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a motive for living;

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the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones;

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a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives;

Life

Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that have biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased (they have died), or because they never had such functions and are classified as inanimate. Various forms of life exist, such as plants, animals, fungi, protists, archaea, and bacteria.

Deathnoun

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

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The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

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(the death) The collapse or end of something.

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(figuratively, esp. followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).

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The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory.

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Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.

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Cause of loss of life.

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Personified: The destroyer of life, - conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe.

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Danger of death.

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Murder; murderous character.

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Loss of spiritual life.

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Anything so dreadful as to be like death.

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the event of dying or departure from life;

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the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism;

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the time at which life ends; continuing until dead;

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the personification of death;

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the absence of life or state of being dead;

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the time when something ends;

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the act of killing;

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a final state;

Death

Death is the permanent, irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death.