Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete)Synonym of God's life (an oath).

Examples

12634 sentences
  1. The new medicine saved his life.

    Нові ліки спасли його життя. — deniko

    ruНовое лекарство спасло ему жизнь. — ae5s

    deDas neue Medikament rettete sein Leben. — Dejo

  2. He remained poor all his life.

    Він був бідним усе життя. — aandrusiak

    deEr blieb sein Leben lang arm. — kriskelvin

  3. He dedicated his life to peace.

    Він присвятив своє життя миру. — aandrusiak

    ruОн посвятил свою жизнь миру. — shanghainese

  4. She was content with her life.

    Вона була задоволена своїм життям. — deniko

    ruОна была довольна своей жизнью. — odexed

  5. I want to change my life.

    Я хочу змінити своє життя. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу изменить свою жизнь. — paul_lingvo

    deIch will mein Leben verändern. — al_ex_an_der

Origin

From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-G

From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • of his life
  • of my life
  • in my life
  • his whole life
  • whole life
  • life in prison
  • his life in
  • all his life
  • my whole life
  • in his life
  • my life is
  • all my life

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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