noun · neutral
life
/laɪf/LIFE
Band 6-7task1task2speaking
the condition that distinguishes living things from nonliving; with -less = lacking life or vitality
Examples
“The abandoned town looked lifeless at dusk.”
“They risked their lives to save others.”
“lifeless landscape”
Band 8 sentence
“The documentary portrayed the abandoned factories as lifeless monuments to a vanished era of industry.”
Collocations
- lifeless landscape
- look lifeless
Word family
life nlifeless adjlifelessness nlively adj
Common mistakes
The city was life less at night.→The city was lifeless at night.
There is no life in the room, it is lifelessly.→There is no life in the room; it is lifeless.
Say it for a higher band
5no life→6without life→7+lifeless
Synonyms
inanimate
dull
Easily confused
inanimate
“The museum was full of inanimate objects.”
Related words
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In -ful / -less
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