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Lifes/Lives
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Lifes vs. Lives
Lifes
The plural form of life, referring to more than one existence of living organisms
Examples:
Synonyms:
existences
beings
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Lives
/laɪvz/
This is the state of being alive or the existence of a person or organism.
Examples:
Synonyms:
existences
beings
souls
Antonyms:
deaths
extinctions
demises
Ways to tell them apart:
Lifes
is often an incorrect plural form of
life.
Remember,
life
becomes
lives
in plural, like
knife
becomes
knives.
Lives
can mean more than one life or it is also the third person singular form of the verb
to live.
If you are talking about more than one life, think of
lives
as you would
leaves
from
leaf
: both change the
f
to
v
and add
es.
When to use lifes:
When to use lives:
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