What is the meaning of life?

noun

• A characteristic state or mode of living.
  • usage: "social life"; "city life"; "real life"
• The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities.
  • usage: "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
  • synonyms: living
• The course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living.
  • usage: "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"
• The condition of living or the state of being alive.
  • usage: "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
  • synonyms: animation, living, aliveness
• The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death. )
  • usage: "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"
  • synonyms: lifetime, life-time, lifespan
• The period between birth and the present time.
  • usage: "I have known him all his life"
• The period from the present until death.
  • usage: "he appointed himself emperor for life"
• A living person.
  • usage: "his heroism saved a life"
• Animation and energy in action or expression.
  • usage: "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
  • synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness
• Living things collectively.
  • usage: "the oceans are teeming with life"
• The organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones.
  • usage: "there is no life on the moon"
• An account of the series of events making up a person's life.
  • synonyms: biography, life story, life history
• A motive for living.
  • usage: "pottery was his life"
• A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives.
  • usage: "he got life for killing the guard"
  • synonyms: life sentence