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past lives

past lives is the plural of past life.

Meaning of past life

Noun

past life (plural past lives)

  1. A previously lived life in a different body, according to theories of reincarnation.
    • She claims to have been Cleopatra and Marie Antoinette in past lives.
  2. (informal) A former period of one's life.
    • I was a computer programmer in a past life, but now I raise pigs and chickens.

Questions about past lives

What is past lives the plural of?
Past lives is the plural of past life.

Words near past lives in the dictionary

  1. past imperfect
  2. past imperfect tense
  3. past it
  4. past iterative
  5. past life
  6. past lives
  7. past master
  8. past masters
  9. past mistress
  10. past mistresses
  11. past one's prime

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