"meaning of life" meaning in English

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  1. (philosophy, religion) A hypothetical answer to all of life's ultimate questions; the purpose or raison d'être of human life. Wikipedia link: meaning of life Categories (topical): Philosophy, Religion Translations (hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions): مَعْنَى اَلْحَيَاة (maʕnā l-ḥayāh) [masculine] (Arabic), 人生的真諦 (Chinese Mandarin), 人生的真谛 (rénshēng de zhēndì) (Chinese Mandarin), 生命的價值 (Chinese Mandarin), 生命的价值 (shēngmìng de jiàzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), 生命的真理 (shēngmìng de zhēnlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 生命的意義 (Chinese Mandarin), 生命的意义 (shēngmìng de yìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), съмыслъ живота (sŭmyslŭ života) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), ⱄⱏⰿⱏⰹⱄⰾⱏ ⰶⰻⰲⱁⱅⰰ (sŭmyslŭ života) [Glagolitic, masculine] (Church Slavic), smysl života [masculine] (Czech), meningen med livet [common-gender] (Danish), zin van het leven [masculine] (Dutch), meiningin við lívinum (Faroese), elämän tarkoitus (Finnish), sens de la vie [masculine] (French), სიცოცხლის აზრი (sicocxlis azri) (Georgian), Sinn des Lebens [masculine] (German), az élet értelme (Hungarian), tilgangur lífsins (Icelandic), il senso della vita (Italian), 人生の意義 (jinsei-no igi) (alt: じんせいのいぎ) (Japanese), 人生の意味 (jinsei-no imi) (alt: じんせいのいみ) (Japanese), 인생의 의미 (insaeng'ui uimi) (Korean), смисла на животот (smisla na životot) [feminine] (Macedonian), livets mening (Norwegian), meningen med livet (Norwegian), smysl života [masculine] (Old Czech), sens życia [masculine] (Polish), sentido da vida [masculine] (Portuguese), смысл жи́зни (smysl žízni) [masculine] (Russian), смисао живота [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), smisao života [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zmysel života [masculine] (Slovak), sentido de la vida [masculine] (Spanish), livets mening [common-gender] (Swedish), meningen med livet [common-gender] (Swedish), hayatın anlamı (Turkish), yaşamın anlamı (Turkish)

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      ],
      "word": "sentido de la vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "livets mening"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "meningen med livet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
      "word": "hayatın anlamı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
      "word": "yaşamın anlamı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meaning of life"
}

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