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Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and a culture as well as individual lives.
Jerry Costello

Meaning of "lives" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIVES

lives  [laɪvz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIVES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lives is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIVES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lives

Lives may refer to: ▪ The plural form of life ▪ Lives, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran ▪ The number of lives in a video game; see Health, 1-up, and Continue ▪ Parallel Lives, aka Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, a series of biographies of famous men, written by Plutarch and thus often called Plutarch's Lives or The Lives of PlutarchLiVES, a video editing program and VJ tool ▪ "Lives", a song by Modest Mouse from the album The Moon & Antarctica ▪ A short form of Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, a 16th-century book by Giorgio Vasari ▪ 'LIVES' - Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service, Prehospital care provider in Lincolnshire, UK...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIVES


archives
ˈɑːkaɪvz
chives
ˈtʃaɪvz
drawknives
ˈdrɔːˌnaɪvz
fives
faɪvz
hives
haɪvz
housewives
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪvz
Ives
aɪvz
knives
naɪvz
midwives
ˈmɪdˌwaɪvz
oldwives
ˈəʊldˌwaɪvz
paperknives
ˈpeɪpəˌnaɪvz
penknives
ˈpennaɪvz
pocketknives
ˈpɒkɪtˌnaɪvz
spaewives
ˈspeɪˌwaɪvz
wives
waɪvz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIVES

liverless
livermorium
Liverpolitan
Liverpool
Liverpudlian
liverwort
liverwurst
livery
livery company
livery stable
liveryman
liverymen
livestock
livestream
livetrap
livetrapped
livetrapping
liveware
liveyer
liveyere

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIVES

alewives
butter knives
case knives
combat knives
derivatives
dinner knives
Dives
fish knives
House of Representatives
Maldives
Member of the House of Representatives
Mount of Olives
Olives
palette knives
putty knives
Republic of Maldives
sound archives
steak knives
where one lives
Young Conservatives

Synonyms and antonyms of lives in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIVES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lives» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lives

Translation of «lives» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIVES

Find out the translation of lives to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lives from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lives» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生活
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vidas
570 millions of speakers

English

lives
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حياة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жизнь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vidas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidup
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

urip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộc sống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயிர்களை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीवन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayatları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

życie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

життя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

viața
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζωές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lewens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

liv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

liv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lives

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVES»

The term «lives» is very widely used and occupies the 2.377 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lives» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lives» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lives

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10 QUOTES WITH «LIVES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lives.
1
Ann Bancroft
Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary.
2
Geoffrey Beene
A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives.
3
Ami Bera
As a doctor, I understand how actions can affect lives.
4
Nadia Bjorlin
I believe in 'soulmates,' especially growing up and seeing how much my parents loved each other. They always said that they had been married in past lives, too.
5
Harold Brodkey
In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything.
6
Marcus Buckingham
Women have lives that become increasingly empty. They're doing more and feeling less.
7
Susan Cain
Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step with what's expected of them. Parenting can pose unique challenges for introverted parents, who fear that their own painful experiences will be repeated in their children's lives.
8
Tim Cook
We're very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world's best products and enriching people's lives.
9
Jerry Costello
Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and a culture as well as individual lives.
10
Gillian Cross
One of the fantastic things about books, fiction or non-fiction, is the way they give you a chance to look into different lives.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIVES»

Discover the use of lives in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lives and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Book of My Lives
And yet this is not really a memoir. The Book of My Lives, Hemon’s first book of nonfiction, defies convention and expectation.
Aleksandar Hemon, 2013
2
Literacy in American Lives
Looks at the the role of literacy learning over the past century and the impact it has had on people born between 1895 and 1985.
Deborah Brandt, 2001
3
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the ...
Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 1995, when he published the first edition of this indispensable guide.
Loren Pope, 2006
4
Two Lives
Shanti Behari Seth, brought up in India, was sent by his family in the 1930s to Berlin--though he could not speak a word of German--to study medicine and dentistry.
Vikram Seth, 2005
5
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
He should have known better. The Sex Lives of Cannibals tells the hilarious story of what happens when Troost discovers that Tarawa is not the island paradise he dreamed of.
J. Maarten Troost, 2004
6
Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and ...
Invisible Lives is the first scholarly study of transgendered people—cross-dressers, drag queens and transsexuals—and their everyday lives.
Viviane Namaste, 2000
7
Past Lives, Future Lives Revealed
This book contends that people have the power to customize and control their destinies. We can all use hypnotherapy to eliminate past and current problems and attain our karmic purpose.
Bruce Goldberg, 2004
8
Soul Searching : The Religious and Spiritual Lives of ...
Or are they abandoning traditional religious institutions in search of a new, more authentic "spirituality"? This book attempts to answer these and related questions as definitively as possible.
Christian Smith Dr William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology University of Notre Dame, Candidate University of North Carolina Melina Lundquist Denton Ph.D, Chapel Hill USA, 2005
9
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
A personal assessment of the author's addiction to video games explores his favorites, their roles as modern forms of popular art, and their habit-forming appeal while considering how he has neglected his professional and social ...
Tom Bissell, 2011
10
Parallel Lives
Told in a series of short scenes, this play is by turns darkly funny and malevolent; the story of a man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of his dream and the Big Score.
Mo Gaffney, Kathy Najimy, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIVES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lives is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why Martin O'Malley had to apologize for saying “all lives matter” - Vox
When on earth did saying that "all lives matter" become something you need to apologize for? That's a question a lot of people have after a ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
Hillary Clinton said it. Black lives matter. No hedge. - Washington Post
"Black lives matter." With those three little words, Clinton acknowledged that there are myriad ways that race continues to shape life in America ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
“Other Lives” · True Detective · TV Review · The A.V. Club
The circumstances are strikingly similar, but following the first rounds of True Detective and Fargo, the surprise of “Other Lives” is muted. «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
4
Netflix Actor Attacks People For Saying 'All Lives Matter' | The Daily …
In a string of tweets Friday, the actor weighed in on the Black Lives Matter ... phrase, “All Lives Matter” undermines the efficacy of the movement, ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
5
'Days Of Our Lives' Drama: Abigail's Pregnancy News Shakes Up …
Days of Our Lives spoilers for the episodes airing during the week of July 20 tease that there is news spreading quickly through Salem that will ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
6
'True Detective' Recap: 'Other Lives'
The man who raped Ray's ex-wife, Alicia (Abigail Spencer), wasn't actually killed like Ray believed. State Attorney Davis (Michael Hyatt) ... «Variety, Jul 15»
7
THE LID: 'Black Lives Matter' As a Campaign Issue for Dems - NBC …
Hillary Clinton - who skipped the conference - weighed in on the issue today, saying "Black lives matter … We need to acknowledge some hard ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
8
Hillary Clinton on racial justice: 'Black lives matter' - NY Daily News
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton said Monday that "black lives matter," in a nod to activists pressing Democrats to adopt tough rhetoric on racial ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
9
Did Melisandre Herself Just Join Team Jon Snow Lives? | Vanity Fair
... question or is possibly even an imitation of heartbroken “Jon Snow Lives” hopefuls, the paper neglected to provide any context for the quote. «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
10
National shortage of organ donors risks the lives of more than 600 …
Last year, around 148 lives were saved thanks to donations but around four out of ten families refuse permission for their loved ones' organs to ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»

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