meaning of life
Definitions
A hypothetical answer to all of life's ultimate questions; the purpose or raison d'être of human life.
Equivalents
15 more languages
العربيةمَعْنَى اَلْحَيَاة
Češtinasmysl života
Danskmeningen med livet
Íslenskatilgangur lífsins
Italianoil senso della vita
한국어인생의 의미
Nederlandszin van het leven
Portuguêssentido da vida
Русскийсмысл жи́зни
Slovenčinazmysel života
Türkçehayatın anlamı
Examples
“The meaning of life here on earth might be defined as consisting in this: To unfold your self, to work⟳ what thing you have⟳ the faculty for. It is a necessity for the human being, the first law of our existence.”
“I asked myself if this were the meaning of life—to be a work-beast? I knew of no horse in the city of Oakland that worked the hours I worked.”
“But he was no nearer to the meaning of life than he had been before. Why the world was there and what men had come⟳ into existence for at all was as inexplicable as ever.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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