Tra từ life - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 life as a whole
2 the early part of life
3 the middle part of life
4 the later part of life
being alive (not dead) LIVE
where people live and how they live LIVE
see also YOUNG/OLD

1 life as a whole
- the period of time when you are alive: life
I've had a wonderful life. ◎ He spent his life working for others.
- the time that your life lasts: lifetime
You must have seen many changes in your lifetime.
- lasting your whole life: lifelong (only before a noun)
a lifelong ambition ◎ a lifelong friend
- all the things you do and the way that you do them: life (noun C/U)
to lead a busy life ◎ my professional/private life ◎ life in the country
- the manner in which you live: way of life, lifestyle
I need to change my way of life - I'm not getting enough exercise. ◎ We have completely different lifestyles.
- to spend the time that you are alive in a particular way: live
to live quietly/happily
- to survive an unpleasant experience: live through sth
My grandmother lived through two world wars.
- your life before now: past
in my past ◎ a man with an unhappy past
- your life after now: future
a bright future
※ writing about sb's life
- the story of a person's life written by that person: autobiography; adjective: autobiographical
Her novel is full of autobiographical details.
- the story of a person's life written by somebody else: biography; adjective: biographical; the author of a biography: biographer
Several biographies have been written of him, but this is the first official one.

2 the early part of life
- to come into the world: be born; the time when you are born: birth (noun C/U)
When were you born? ◎ before I was born
- a very young boy or girl: baby; this period of life: infancy (noun U)
※ more on babies BIRTH, BABY
- a young person who is not fully grown: child (plural children); this period of life: childhood (noun C/U)
an unhappy childhood
- a young person who is growing from a child into an adult: adolescent; this period of life: adolescence (noun U)
- a person between 13 and 19 years old: teenager; adjective (only before a noun): teenage; during this time, you are in your teens
- to grow from a child into an adult: grow* up
- a young adult: young person; this period of life: youth (noun U)
the young people of today ◎ a youth club
※ more on children CHILD

3 the middle part of life
- a person who is fully grown: adult, (informal) grown-up; adjectives: adult, grown-up
- when sb has become an adult, both physically and mentally, they are mature; this period of life: maturity (noun U)
- what you do regularly to earn money: job, work (noun U); to do a job to earn money: work
to get a job ◎ to have a job ◎ to lose your job ◎ to find work ◎ to be out of work ◎ to work for a living ◎ Who do you work for?
- your working life: career
Her career is more important to her than her family.
※ work WORK, EMPLOYMENT
- to take sb as your husband or wife: marry sb, get* married
They got married in 1988.
- to begin to lead a responsible life as an adult, especially by staying in the same place, getting married, etc: settle down
I would like to get married and settle down soon.
- to have your first child: start a family
- to look after a child until he/she is an adult and to teach him/her how to behave: bring* sb up, raise sb
※ more on marriage and families MARRY, FAMILY
- an adult who is not particularly young or old (between about 40 and 60) is middle-aged; this period of life: middle age (noun U)
in late/early middle age

4 the later part of life
- a person over 60 or 70 is old, (more formal and polite) elderly; this period of life: old age (noun C/U)
an elderly aunt ◎ approaching old age
- to stop living: die
He died at the age of 74. ◎ to die of heart disease
- to live longer than another person: outlive sb
She outlived her husband by nearly ten years.
※ more on dying DIE
- a person who has stopped work permanently, usually because of reaching a certain age, is retired; to become retired: retire; the time when you retire or the period of life when you are retired: retirement
a retired teacher ◎ My father has just retired. ◎ I'm looking forward to a long retirement.
- money that is paid regularly to sb who has stopped working because of old age: pension
They live on a small pension.
- an old person who no longer works: (old-age) pensioner, senior citizen
- a special home where old people live together: (old people's) home
- a special home where old and sick people can be cared for: nursing home
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- not old enough to do sth; not yet adult: under age
You can't go into pubs - you're under age.
- to reach the age when you are legally an adult: come* of age
When you come of age, you can leave home and get married without your parents' consent.