Life Life, also known as biota, refers to matter that has biological processes, such as Cell signaling, signaling and self-sustaining processes. It is defined descriptively by the capacity for homeostasis, Structure#Biological, organisation, met ...

is the characteristic that distinguishes organisms from inorganic substances and dead objects. Life or The Life may also refer to:

Human life

Human life (disambiguation) Human life may refer to: * Human life span, statistical measure of the average time a human being is expected to live * Human Life Amendment, various proposals to amend the United States Constitution to prohibit abortion * Human Life Internatio ...

Human condition The human condition can be defined as the characteristics and key events of human life, including birth, learning, emotion, aspiration, reason, morality, conflict, and death. This is a very broad topic that has been and continues to be pondered ...

, the characteristics, events, and situations of human existence *

Biography A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curri ...

, a written, filmed, etc. description of a person's life **

Autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life, providing a personal narrative that reflects on the author's experiences, memories, and insights. This genre allows individuals to share thei ...

, an account of one's own life *

Everyday life Everyday life, daily life or routine life comprises the ways in which people typically act, think, and feel on a daily basis. Everyday life may be described as mundane, routine, natural, habitual, or Normality (behavior), normal. Human diurna ...

, what a person does and feels on an everyday basis *

Personal life Personal life is the course or state of an personhood, individual's life, especially when viewed as the sum of personal choices contributing to one's personal identity. Apart from hunter-gatherers, most pre-modern peoples' time was limited by ...

, an individual's life *

Life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence (law), sentence of imprisonment under which the convicted individual is to remain incarcerated for the rest of their natural life (or until pardoned or commuted to a fixed term). Crimes that result in life impr ...

, a sentence of imprisonment

Arts and media

Films

* ''Life'' (1920 film), a lost 1920 American silent drama film * ''Life'' (1928 film), a British silent drama film * ''Life'' (1984 film), a Chinese film * ''Life'' (1996 film), an Australian drama film * ''Life'' (1999 film), an American comedy film * ''The Life'' (2004 film), a Canadian made-for-TV drama film * '' Whore'' (2004 film), a Spanish drama film also called ''The Life'' * '' Life!'', a 2005 Dutch film * ''The Life'' (2012 film), a Ugandan film * ''Life'' (2015 film), an American biopic * ''Life'' (2017 film), an American science fiction horror film

Gaming

Life (gaming) In video games, a life is a play-turn that a player character has, defined as the period between start and end of play. Lives refer to a finite number of tries before the game ends with a game over. Sometimes the euphemisms chance, try, rest an ...

, a play-turn for a player-character * ''

The Game of Life ''The Game of Life'', also known simply as ''Life'', is a board game originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley as ''The Checkered Game of Life'', the first ever board game for his own company, the Milton Bradley Company. The game simulates a ...

'', a board game *

Conway's Game of Life The Game of Life, also known as Conway's Game of Life or simply Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. It is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial ...

, a cellular automaton * ''Life'', development title for the 1983 Atari game '' Lifespan'' *

Life (gamer) Lee Seung-Hyun (, born January 11, 1997), better known as Life, is a South Korean former professional ''StarCraft II'' player. He began his professional career in 2011 with Team Zenex, which later merged with StarTale. He subsequently represented ...

, alias of Korean former professional ''StarCraft II'' player Lee Seung-Hyun, convicted and banned from competition for match fixing

Music

Albums

* '' Life'' (Sly and the Family Stone album), 1968 * ''Life'' (Exuma album), 1973 * ''Life'' (Thin Lizzy album), 1983 *''

Life (Is So Strange) ''Life (Is So Strange)'' is an album by War, was released on RCA Victor Records in 1983. The band's lineup is not stated on the cover, but composer credits suggest they had been reduced from eight members (on the previous album) to five. The ...

'', a 1983 album by War * ''Life'' (Art Davis album), 1986 * ''Life'' (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album), 1987 * ''Life'' (Inspiral Carpets album), 1990 * ''Life'' (The Cardigans album), 1995 * ''Life'' (Simply Red album), 1995 * ''Life'' (Talisman album), 1995 * '' Life'' (soundtrack), the 1999 soundtrack to the 1999 film *''Life'' (Black Biscuits album), a 1999 album featuring

Vivian Hsu Vivian Hsu (; ; born March 19, 1975) is a Taiwanese actress, model, and singer. In 1990, at 15, she won first place in a talent show in Taiwan and formed Girl's Team (1991–1993). At 19, she moved her career to Japan, where she became active ...

*''Life'', a 1999 album by

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

* ''Life'' (Dope album), 2001 * ''Life'' (ZOEgirl album), 2001 * ''The Life'' (album), a 2001 album by Ginuwine *''Life'', a 2002 album by

Z-Ro Joseph Wayne McVey (born January 19, 1977), better known by his stage names Z-Ro and the Mo City Don, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. He was named one of America's most underrated rappers by ''The New York Times'' in 2007. Early life ...

* ''Life'' (Frukwan album), 2003 * ''Life'' (Yo Gotti album), 2003 * ''Life'' (Andy Hunter album), 2005 * ''Life'' (Ricky Martin album), 2005 * ''Life'' (KRS-One album), 2006 * ''Life'' (Marcia Hines album), 2007 * '' Life'' (David "Fathead" Newman album), 2007 * ''Life'' (Angela Aki album), 2010 * ''Life'' (Cueshé album), 2010 * ''Life'' (Sage Francis album), 2010 *''

L.i.f.e ''L.I.F.E'' (an acronym for ''Leaving an Impact for Eternity'') is the debut studio album by Nigerian singer Burna Boy. It was released on August 12, 2013, by Aristokrat Records. The album serves as the follow-up to his second mixtape, ''Burn Ide ...

'', a 2012 album by Josh Osho * ''Life'' (EP), a 2013 release by Heo Young-saeng *''

L.I.F.E ''L.I.F.E'' (an acronym for ''Leaving an Impact for Eternity'') is the debut studio album by Nigerian singer Burna Boy. It was released on August 12, 2013, by Aristokrat Records. The album serves as the follow-up to his second mixtape, ''Burn Ide ...

'', a 2013 album by Burna Boy * ''Life'' (Sigma album), 2015 * ''Life'' (Adagio album), 2017 *''Life'', a 2018 album by

Boy George George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer-songwriter and DJ who rose to fame as the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. He began his solo career in 1987. Boy George grew up in Eltham a ...

Culture Club Culture Club are an English new wave music, new wave band formed in London in 1981. The band comprises Boy George (lead vocals), Roy Hay (musician), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), and Mikey Craig (bass guitar), and formerly included Jon Moss ( ...

* ''Life'' (Conrad Sewell album), 2019

Songs

* "Life" (Ana Johnsson song), 2004 * "Life" (Ayahi Takagaki song), 2009 * "Life" (Des'ree song), 1998 * "Life" (E-Type song), 2001 * "Life" (Elvis Presley song), 1971 * "The Life" (Fifth Harmony song), 2016 * "Life" (Gen Hoshino song), 2023 * "Life" (Haddaway song), 1993 * "Life" (K-Ci & JoJo song), 1999 * "Life" (Mika Nakashima song), 2007 * "

Life Number 9 "Life #9" is a song written by Kostas and Tony Perez, and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in January 1994 as the second single from her album '' The Way That I Am''. The song was her fifth single releas ...

" (also written "Life #9"), 2004 * "Life" (Our Lady Peace song), 2000 * "Life" (Ricky Nelson song), 1971 * "The Life" (Styles P song), 2002 * "Life" (Toše Proeski song), 2004 * "Life" (Yui song), 2005 * " Life (Diamonds in the Dark)", 2013 John Dahlbäck song * "

Life (Me no Mae no Mukō e) "Life (Me no Mae no Mukō e)" is a single release by the Japanese people, Japanese boyband Kanjani Eight, Kanjani8. The song was written and composed by Kanamaru Yoshifumi and arranged by Onishi Shogo. It is accompanied with the B-side, " Aoshashi ...

", 2010 Kanjani8 song * "The Life", by Alicia Keys from ''

Songs in A Minor ''Songs in A Minor'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. It was released on June 26, 2001, by J Records. Keys began writing songs for the album in 1995 at age 14 and recording the album in 1998 for Columbia Reco ...

'' * "Life", by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead from '' So Divided'' * "Life", by Atheist from ''

Piece of Time ''Piece of Time'' is the debut album by Florida death metal band Atheist, recorded in 1988 and released locally on August 30, 1989 through Active Records, and internationally in 1990 through Metal Blade Records. ''Piece of Time'' is the only ...

'' * "Life", by Audio Adrenaline from ''

Audio Adrenaline Audio Adrenaline was an American Christian rock band that formed in 1986 at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. The band gained recognition during the 1990s and received two Grammy Awards and multiple Dove Awards. Audio A ...

'' * "Life", by Ayumi Hamasaki from ''

Mirrorcle World "Mirrorcle World" is the forty-third physical single and forty-fourth single overall by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. The title track is an extended version of the song "Mirror," a two-minute introductory track on Hamasaki's ninth studio album, ...

'' * "Life", by Bleeding Through from '' Love Will Kill All'' * "Life", by Collective Soul from ''

See What You Started by Continuing ''See What You Started by Continuing'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band Collective Soul. It was released on October 2, 2015, by Vanguard Records. The album represents a return to the classic guitar-driven rock sound that the band ...

'' * "Life", by Conrad Sewell from ''

'' * "Life", by Devin Townsend from '' Ocean Machine: Biomech'' * "Life", by E-Type featuring Na Na from ''

Euro IV Ever Euro IV Ever is the fourth studio album by the Swedish euroballs artist E-Type, which was released in 2001. It contains the singles "Life", "Africa" and "Campione 2000", the last of which was made as the official tie-in song of the 2000 UEFA Eur ...

'' * "The Life", by Estelle from '' All of Me'' * "Life", by Flipper from ''

Album – Generic Flipper ''Album – Generic Flipper'' is the debut studio album by the noise rock band Flipper. It was released in April 1982 through Subterranean Records. It is also referred to as ''Album'', ''Album: Generic'', ''Generic Flipper'' and just ''Gene ...

'' * "The Life", by Gary Clark Jr. from '' Blak and Blu'' * "The Life", by Hinder from ''

All American Nightmare ''All American Nightmare'' is the third studio album by American rock band Hinder. It was released on December 7, 2010 via Universal Republic Records. The album is significantly heavier in sound than either of the band's previous two records, 2 ...

'' * "The Life", by Mystic from '' Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom'' * "LIFE", a single by

Neuro-sama Neuro-sama is an artificial intelligence VTuber and chatbot that livestreams on her creator's Twitch channel "vedal987". Her speech and personality are powered by an artificial intelligence (AI) system which utilizes a large language model, all ...

* "Life", by Royce da 5'9" featuring Amerie on Royce da 5'9" from '' Rock City'' * "Life", by Sonata Arctica from '' The Ninth Hour'' * "Life?", by Napalm Death from '' Scum'' * "L.I.F.E.", by Lil Mama from '' VYP (Voice of the Young People)''

Other uses in music

Life (rapper) Life MC, or simply Life, is a British rapper who gained prominence as a member of the Luton-based British hip hop group Phi Life Cypher with fellow rappers Si Phili and DJ Nappa. Life has released five solo albums to date as well as various mix ...

, British hip hop musician *

Life Records Hup Hup Sdn Bhd, trade name, doing business as Life Records, is a Malaysian record label founded in 1949. It has subsidiaries in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong which founded in 1960 and Singapore which founded in 1966. History According to the co ...

, a Malaysian record label * Life Records, an imprint of

Bellmark Records Bellmark Records was a small American independent record label, based in Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 1989 by Al Bell, who was one of the driving forces behind Stax Records, having been its chairman and CEO, and who had also been pres ...

* ''The Life'' (musical), a 1990 musical

Print media

Fiction

* ''Life'' (play), an 1800 comedy play by Frederick Reynolds * ''A Life'', the English title of the 1892 novel ''

Una Vita ''Una vita'' is the first novel published in 1892 by Italo Svevo, the author of the seminal modernist novel, ''Zeno's Conscience''. Originally titled ''Un inetto'' – ''inetto'' may be translated as 'inept,' unfit', 'unsuitable' or 'incapable' ...

'' by Italo Svevo * '' A Life'' (play), a 1979 play by Hugh Leonard * ''A Life'', a 1986 collection of poetry by

Iain Crichton Smith Iain Crichton Smith, (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn''; 1 January 1928 – 15 October 1998) was a Scottish people, Scottish poet and novelist, who wrote in both English and Gaelic. He was born in Glasgow, but moved to the Isl ...

* ''Life'' (manga), a 2002 ''shōjo'' manga series * ''Life'', a 2004 novel by Gwyneth Jones * '' The Life'' (novel), a 2011 novel by Malcolm Knox * ''The Life'', a 2012 novel by

Martina Cole Eilidh Martina Cole (born 30 March 1959) is a British crime writer. she has released twenty-six novels about crime, most of which examine London's gangster underworld. Four of her novels, ''Dangerous Lady'', ''The Jump (1998 TV series), The Jum ...

Non-fiction books

* '' Life'' (Sadava book), a 1983 biological science textbook, in its 11th edition as of 2016 * ''A Life'', the 1988 autobiography of

Elia Kazan Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...

* '' Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth'', a 1997 natural history by Richard Fortey * ''A Life'', a 2001 memoir of

Gabriel Josipovici Gabriel David Josipovici ( ; born 8 October 1940) is a British novelist, short story writer, critic, literary theorist, and playwright. He is an Emeritus professor, after having been Professor at the University of Sussex. Biography He was bor ...

's mother * '' Life'' (Richards book), a 2010 memoir by The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards

Non-fiction periodicals

* '' Life'' (magazine), an American magazine from 1883 to 1972 and from 1978 to 2000 * '' Life'' (newspapers), local papers from Lerner Newspapers * '' Life'' (journal), a scientific journal published by MDPI * ''IUBMB Life'', a scientific journal published by the

International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) is an international non-governmental organisation concerned with biochemistry and molecular biology. Formed in 1955 as the International Union of Biochemistry (IUB), the union ...

Radio

* ''The Life'', an Australian radio programme hosted by the comedy duo

Roy and HG Roy and HG are an Australian comedy duo, comprising Greig Pickhaver in the role of "H. G. Nelson" and John Doyle as "'Rampaging' Roy Slaven". Their act is an affectionate but irreverent parody of Australia's obsession with sport. Their characte ...

* Life 103.1, the slogan for WLHC, an American radio station licensed to Robbins, North Carolina, United States * Life FM (disambiguation), one of several radio stations *

Life Radio The Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch), also known as PMCC (4th Watch), is a Pentecostal Christian denomination based in the Philippines. It was founded in 1972 by Arsenio T. Ferriol, who would become its executive minister, an ...

, a Philippine radio network

Television

* ''Life'' (American TV series), a 2007–2009 American police drama aired on NBC * ''Life'' (2009 TV series), a British nature documentary series aired on the BBC * ''Life'' (2020 TV series), a British drama series aired on the BBC * ''Life'' (Japanese TV series), a 2007 Japanese television series, based on the manga series of the same name * ''Life'' (South Korean TV series), a 2018 South Korean television series * "Life" (''Stargate: Universe''), an episode of ''Stargate: Universe'' * Life TV (Philippines), a Philippine television channel * ''The Life'' (advertisement), a 2009 television and cinema advertisement for the ''Halo 3: ODST'' video game * ''

The Life Collection ''The Life Collection'' is a 26-disc DVD box set of nine titles from David Attenborough's ''Life'' series of programmes for the BBC Natural History Unit. It was originally released in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2005 (containing 8 titles ...

'', David Attenborough's series of BBC natural history programmes from 1979 to 2005 *

GMA Life TV GMA Life TV is a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel owned by GMA Network, Inc.It was launched on February 16, 2008. Programming Programming consists mostly of shows from GMA Network and GTV as well as previously aired shows, documenta ...

, an international Filipino television station *

9Life 9Life is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel owned by Nine Entertainment. The channel airs mostly foreign lifestyle and reality programs, with the channel having a licensing agreement with Discovery Inc. (previously Scr ...

, an Australian television channel sometimes called Life * Life Network, rebranded as Slice in 2007, a former Canadian television specialty network * Life TV Media, a British broadcasting company

Other arts

* ''Life'' (sculpture), a 1968 sculpture in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Businesses and organizations

Life (news agency, Russia) Life, also known as biota, refers to matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes. It is defined descriptively by the capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, respon ...

, Russian news website *

Life Racing Engines Life was a Formula One constructor from Modena, Italy. The company was named for its founder, Ernesto Vita ("Vita" is Italian for "Life"). Life first emerged on the Formula One scene in 1990, trying to market their unconventional W12 3.5-litre ...

, a former racing team *

Life Technologies (Thermo Fisher Scientific) Life Technologies Corporation was a biotech company founded in November 2008 through a US $6.7 billion merger of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems Inc. The joint sales of the combined companies were about $3.5 billion; they had abou ...

, a corporation acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2014 *

Life University Life University is a private university focused on training chiropractors and located in Marietta, Georgia, United States. It was established in 1974 by a chiropractor, Sid E. Williams. A 2024 report found that students in Life's doctor of chi ...

, a college in Marietta, Georgia, United States *

lifecell lifecell (formerly life:)) is a Ukrainian telecommunications company based in Kyiv. It is the third largest Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator, (after Kyivstar and Vodafone Ukraine) covering 98.82% of Ukrainian inhabited territory. D ...

, a Ukraine mobile network operator, formerly called life:) *

Lambda Phi Epsilon Lambda Phi Epsilon (, also known as LPhiE and LFE) is the largest Asian-American-Interest fraternity in North America. Lambda Phi Epsilon is affiliated with the National APIDA Panhellenic Association, and is a former member of the North American ...

, a North American Asian-interest fraternity nicknamed Life *

The LIFE Programme The LIFE programme (French: L’Instrument Financier pour l’Environnement) is the European Union's funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and d ...

(French : L’Instrument Financier pour l’Environnement), the European Union's funding instrument for the environment and climate action. *

Life Scout (Boy Scouts of America) Advancement and recognition in Scouting America is a tradition dating from the inception of the Scouting movement. A fundamental purpose of advancement is the self-confidence a young man or woman acquires from his participation in Scouting. Advanc ...

, the second-highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America

Technology

* Laser Inertial Fusion Energy, a laser inertial fusion power plant design *

Lunar Infrastructure for Exploration The Lunar Infrastructure for Exploration (LIFE) was a proposed project to build a space telescope on the far side of the Moon, actively promoted by EADS Astrium Space Transportation of Germany and the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astron ...

, a space telescope project *

Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment The Living Interplanetary Flight ExperimentAsian Scientist"Phobos-Grunt Mission Carrying Yinghuo-1 Space Probe Suffers Technical Glitch" Srinivas Laxman, 9 November 2011 (LIFE or Phobos LIFE) was an interplanetary mission developed by the Planet ...

, Shuttle-LIFE and Phobos-LIFE * Large Interferometer For Exoplanets

Other uses

Life (cereal) Life is a breakfast cereal produced by the Quaker Oats Company. Introduced in 1961, the cereal has a brown, checked square pattern and mainly consists of oat flour, corn flour, added sugar, and whole-wheat flour. , because of the numerous vari ...

, a cereal distributed by the Quaker Oats Company *

Life, Tennessee Life is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parce ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States * Living Is For Everyone, a suicide prevention initiative of the Australian government's National Suicide Prevention Strategy * LIFE Act, a 2000 United States immigration law * LYF (pronounced ''life''), or Reliance LYF, a 4G smartphone brand owned by Reliance Industries * Life, a character who is Death’s wife in the animated series ''Adventure Time'' episode " The Gift That Reaps Giving" and " Together Again"