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  • 1Life of Apollonius of Tyana — is a book written in Ancient Greece by Philostratus (c. 170–c. 245 AD). It tells the story of Apollonius of Tyana (ca. 40 ca. 120 AD), a Pythagorean philosopher and teacher.ContentsThe book describes extensively alleged travels of Apollonius to… …

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  • 2life cycle — n 1) the series of stages in form and functional activity through which an organism passes between successive recurrences of a specified primary stage 2) LIFE HISTORY (1a) * * * the successive events in the life history of an organism, such as… …

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  • 3entire — 01. He threw up after drinking an [entire] case of beer. 02. He was so tired that he slept through the [entire] movie. 03. The decision is [entirely] up to you. 04. It seemed like the [entire] world was watching the television on the day Neil… …

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  • 4entire — [[t]ɪnta͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ ADJ: det ADJ (emphasis) You use entire when you want to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something, for example, the whole of a place, time, or population. He had spent his entire life in China as a doctor …

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  • 5life — /luyf/, n., pl. lives /luyvz/, adj. n. 1. the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through… …

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  • 6entire — en|tire W2S3 [ınˈtaıə US ˈtaır] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: entier, from Latin integer; INTEGER] used when you want to emphasize that you mean all of a group, period of time, amount etc = ↑whole ▪ It was the… …

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  • 7entire — adjective 1) I devoted my entire life to him Syn: whole, complete, total, full; undivided Ant: partial 2) only one of the vases is entire Syn: intact, unbroken …

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  • 8life story — story of one s entire life, history of a life, chapter of a life, portion of a life …

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  • 9entire*/*/ — [ɪnˈtaɪə] adj whole or complete She has spent her entire life in London.[/ex] …

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  • 10life history — a description of the entire life cycle of a species, including reproduction, growth, food, movements and death …

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