Collocations for life - noun

intelligent
Is there intelligent life on other planets?

animal, bird, human, insect, plant
aquatic, marine
extraterrestrial

form
cycle
sciences

eternal, everlasting
past, previous

lose
He lost his life in an air crash.

bring sb back to, restore sb to
cling to, fight for
She clung to life for several weeks.

jeopardize, risk
She risked her life for the sake of the children.

endanger, threaten
protect, save
a drug that will save lives

spare
She begged the soldiers to spare her son's life.

give, lay down, sacrifice
claim, cost
The crash claimed 43 lives.
His foolishness almost cost him his life.

end, take
She took her own life.

value
start (figurative)
The hotel started life as a prison.

be lost
No lives were lost in the accident.

assurance (BrE), insurance
jacket, preserver (AmE), vest (AmE)
boat, raft
saver
support
She's critically ill, on life support.
a life-support machine
a life-support system

an attempt on sb's life
There have been three attempts on the president's life.

in fear for your life, in fear of your life
Witnesses are living in fear for their life after giving evidence against the gang.

life after death
Do you believe in life after death?

loss of life
The plane crashed with heavy loss of life.

a matter of life and death
These talks are a matter of life and death for the factory. (figurative)

owe sb your life
I owe my life to the the doctors at the hospital.

the right to life
signs of life
The driver showed no signs of life.

long, short
entire, whole
early
adult
later
In later life he took up writing.

past, previous
He never discussed the unhappiness of his past life.
I think I may have been an animal in a previous life.

future, next
working
He was a miner all his working life.

go through, live, spend
She went through life always wanting what she couldn't get.
He spent his whole life in Rhode Island.

end
He ended his life a happy man.

shorten
prolong
dedicate, devote
He devoted his life to the education of deaf children.

history, story
membership
imprisonment, sentence
expectancy, span (usually lifespan)
Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.
the lifespan of a mouse

mate (AmE), partner

for life
She thought marriage should be for life.

in your life
for the first time in her life

throughout your life
Throughout her life she was dogged by loneliness.

all your life
I've known her all my life.

at sb's time of life
At his time of life he should be starting to take things easy.

the end of your life
Her paintings became more obscure towards/toward the end of her life.

late in life
She discovered jazz quite late in life.

the … of your life
I had the fright of my life when I saw the snake in my bed.
He met the love of his life at college.

a phase in (sb's) life, a phase of (sb's) life, a stage in (sb's) life, a stage of (sb's) life
She sensed she was entering a new phase in her life.

the prime of life
You're still in the prime of life.

the remainder of your life, the rest of your life
He'll be haunted by the crash for the rest of his life.

daily, day-to-day, everyday, ordinary
real
a real-life drama

modern
personal, private
She did not tolerate press intrusion into her private life.

inner
Only his wife had access to his inner life.

family, married
domestic, home
social
love, sex
public
His fame was so sudden that he was unprepared for public life.

academic, business, cultural, economic, intellectual, political, professional, school, spiritual
civic
night (usually nightlife)
What's the nightlife like in the town?

city, village, etc.
rural, urban

build, rebuild
He built his whole life around his children.
She is still rebuilding her life after the accident.

be complicated, be unfair
be precious, be sacred

an attitude to life, an outlook on life, a philosophy of life, a view of life
I've always had a fairly optimistic outlook on life.

a love of life
He always had a great love of life.

a man in your life, a woman in your life
There has only been one woman in her life.

see sth of life
I wanted to see something of life before I settled down.

the … side of life
His time in London was his first glimpse of the seamier side of life.

want sth from of life, want sth out of life
They both seem to want the same things out of life.

fulfilling, good, great, happy, perfect, wonderful
lonely, miserable, sad, unhappy
boring
difficult, hard
easy
charmed
active, busy, hectic
exciting
full
peaceful, quiet
simple
normal, ordinary
healthy
sheltered
double
He had been leading a double life, married to two women.

secret

have, lead, live
She leads a busy social life.

enjoy
change
Learning meditation changed her life.

dominate, take over
He never let his work dominate his life.

ruin
He ruined his life through drinking.

enrich

build a new life, make a new life, start a new life
They went to Australia to start a new life.

enjoy life to the full, live life to the full
He always believed in living life to the full.

the high life
They were enjoying the high life in the smartest hotels of New York.

live a life of …
They're living a life of luxury in the Bahamas.

a/the pace of life
The pace of life is much gentler on the island.

the quality of life
He gave up his high-flying job and now enjoys a better quality of life.

a way of life
She loved the Spanish way of life and immediately felt at home there.

come to
The city only comes to life at night.

breathe, bring sth to, inject
They need some new, younger staff to breathe some life into the company.

burst with, hum with, teem with
a child bursting with life

breathe new life into sb/sth
He hopes the development will breathe new life into the community.

full of life
It's nice to see an old man still so full of life.