the meaning of life

according to Merriam-Webster is:

life /laɪf/ noun, plural lives

1. a: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body b: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings c: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

2. a: the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual b: one or more aspects of the process of living [sex life of the frog]

3. biography

4. spiritual existence transcending physical death

5. a: the period from birth to death b: a specific phase of earthly existence [adult life] c: the period from an event until death [a judge appointed for life] d: a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of a convict's life

6. a way or manner of living

7. livelihood

8. a vital or living being; specifically : person [many lives were lost in the disaster]

9. an animating and shaping force or principle

10. spirit, animation [saw no life in her dancing]

11. the form or pattern of something existing in reality [painted from life]

12. the period of duration, usefulness, or popularity of something [the expected life of the batteries]

13. the period of existence (as of a subatomic particle) — compare half-life

14. a property (as resilience or elasticity) of an inanimate substance or object resembling the animate quality of a living being

15. living beings (as of a particular kind or environment) [forest life]

16. a: human activities b: animate activity and movement [stirrings of life] c: the activities of a given sphere, area, or time [the political life of the country]

17. one providing interest and vigor [life of the party]

18. an opportunity for continued viability [gave the patient a new life]

19. capitalized Christian Science : god

20. something resembling animate life [a grant saved the project's life]