meaning of life
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hypothetical answer to all of life's ultimate questions; the purpose or raison d'être of human life.
Example Sentences
- "The meaning of life here on earth might be defined as consisting in this: To unfold your self, to work what thing you have the faculty for. It is a necessity for the human being, the first law of our existence."
- "I asked myself if this were the meaning of life—to be a work-beast? I knew of no horse in the city of Oakland that worked the hours I worked."
- "But he was no nearer to the meaning of life than he had been before. Why the world was there and what men had come into existence for at all was as inexplicable as ever."