lifelike
pronunciation
How to pronounce lifelike in British English:
UK [ˈlaɪflaɪk]
How to pronounce lifelike in American English:
US [ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk]
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- Adjective:
- evoking lifelike images within the mind
- unaffected and natural looking
Word Origin
- lifelike (adj.)
- 1610s, "likely to live," from life (n.) + like (adj.). Meaning "exactly like the living original" is from 1725.
Example
- 1. Both tried to replicate real human faces with lifelike expressions .
- 2. It even provides lifelike manikins on which to try out new things .
- 3. Led mushroom lamps lifelike glowing mushrooms made of glass , wood and led lights .
- 4. He explains how he begins with a mould of the subject 's face or body and then carves exquisite , lifelike details to create the finished chocolate portrait .
- 5. Right now this kind of avatar is rather crude , though other companies are generating much more lifelike representations that could be adapted for use by projects like lifenaut .