lives

Noun

• a characteristic state or mode of living
• the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
• the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
• the condition of living or the state of being alive
• the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
• the period between birth and the present time
• the period from the present until death
• a living person
• animation and energy in action or expression
• living things collectively
• the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
• an account of the series of events making up a person's life
• a motive for living
• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
• plural of life

Verb

• inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
• lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
• support oneself
• have life, be alive
• have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
• pursue a positive and satisfying existence
• third-person singular simple present indicative of live

Synonyms

aliveness, animation, be, biography, dwell, endure, exist, experience, go, hold out, hold up, inhabit, know, last, life, life history, life sentence, life story, life-time, lifespan, lifetime, live, live on, liveliness, living, populate, spirit, sprightliness, subsist, survive