Meaning

1 senses

  1. To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired.

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

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  2. He remained poor all his life.

    Він був бідним усе життя. — aandrusiak

    deEr blieb sein Leben lang arm. — kriskelvin

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  3. He dedicated his life to peace.

    Він присвятив своє життя миру. — aandrusiak

    ruОн посвятил свою жизнь миру. — shanghainese

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  4. She was content with her life.

    Вона була задоволена своїм життям. — deniko

    ruОна была довольна своей жизнью. — odexed

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  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

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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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Forms

lifes, lifing, lifed, lifed
Base formlife · to life
3rd person singularlifes
Present participlelifing
Past simplelifed
Past participlelifed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylife
he, she, itlifes

Past simpleLesson

all personslifed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lifed
he, she, ithas lifed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill life

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
lieA2lieulieutenantlifebloodlifeboatlifeguardB1

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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