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—lifelikeness, n./luyf"luyk'/, adj.resembling or simulating real life: a lifelike portrait.[1605-15; LIFE + -LIKE]
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Lifelike — Nom Laurent Ash Pays d’origine France Genre musical Electro House Progressive An … Wikipédia en Français
lifelike — [līf′līk΄] adj. 1. resembling actual life [lifelike dialogue in the film] 2. closely resembling a real person or thing [a lifelike portrait] … English World dictionary
Lifelike — Life like (l[imac]f l[imac]k ), a. [Cf. {Lively}.] Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. {Life like ness}, n. Poe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lifelike — lifelike; un·lifelike; … English syllables
lifelike — index descriptive, natural, realistic, suggestive (evocative) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lifelike — 1610s, likely to live, from LIFE (Cf. life) (n.) + LIKE (Cf. like) (adj.). Meaning exactly like the living original is from 1725 … Etymology dictionary
lifelike — [adj] realistic authentic, faithful, graphic, natural, original, real, representational, representative, true, true to life; concept 582 … New thesaurus
lifelike — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate in its representation of a living person or thing … English terms dictionary
Lifelike — Infobox musical artist Name = Lifelike Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = Birth name = Laurent Heinrich Alias = Ferris Bueller, Laurent Ash Born = Died = Origin = Instrument = Genre = French touch, progressive house Occupation = Years … Wikipedia
lifelike — [[t]la͟ɪflaɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is lifelike has the appearance of being alive. ...a lifelike doll. 2) ADJ GRADED A lifelike work of art is so skilfully done that it appears very like the person or thing that it is supposed to… … English dictionary
lifelike — adjective Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation, as, a lifelike portrait. The robot was so lifelike, Jack could hardly tell it apart from his sister … Wiktionary
