"sign of life" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: signs of life [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|signs of life}} sign of life (plural signs of life)
  1. An indication that someone is alive; vital sign. Translations (indication that someone is alive; vital sign): կյանքի նշան (kyankʿi nšan) (Armenian), прыкме́та жыцця́ (prykmjéta žyccjá) [feminine] (Belarusian), levensteken [neuter] (Dutch), elonmerkki (Finnish), signe de vie [masculine] (French), Lebenszeichen [neuter] (German), életjel (Hungarian), znak życia [masculine] (Polish), semn de viață [neuter] (Romanian), при́знак жи́зни (príznak žízni) [masculine] (Russian), livstecken [neuter] (Swedish), озна́ка життя́ (oznáka žyttjá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sign_of_life-en-noun-k63dlqN1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'indication that someone is alive; vital sign': 84 16
  2. (figuratively) An indication that someone is present. Tags: figuratively Translations (indication that someone is present): levensteken [neuter] (Dutch), elonmerkki (Finnish), signe de vie [masculine] (French), Lebenszeichen [neuter] (German), életjel (Hungarian), znak życia [masculine] (Polish), semn de viață [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-sign_of_life-en-noun-hEgLPEbd Disambiguation of 'indication that someone is present': 24 76

Inflected forms

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