to coming to life
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3.8
- phrasal verb
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cobrar vida
- The scene looks like a Hollywood movie come to life.
- a nightmare come to life
- a dream coming to life
- characters come to life
Where were the This is way more unrealistic than a plastic doll coming to life and it sets kids up with fake expectations of what LA is really like.
- Where were the This is way more unrealistic than a plastic doll coming to life and it sets kids up with fake expectations of what LA is really like.
- But when it comes to life, there is no such thing as my life and your life.
Examples
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And it's like a flower coming to life in bloom.
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His temples were pulsing, as if only now he was coming to life.
Fiction book (1990) -
The streets are just coming to life with people heading to their jobs.
Fiction book (1992) -
As I start putting parts on, the creature starts coming to life.
Blog text (12) -
And here was a history book figure suddenly coming to life, and people flocked to see him.
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With May just days old, the landscaping around the four houses was coming to life.
Fiction book (2002) -
For a few days every February, Horsetail Fall comes to life.
Blog text (25) -
I see the times discussed in 2 Timothy 3 coming to life before my very eyes.
Blog text (25) -
At five-thirty, the city was barely coming to life.
Fiction book (1990) -
The project finally came to life after many months of planning.
Synonyms
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4.4
A new understanding that makes you see things differently
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7.5
The process of turning an idea into something real or making it seem real
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7.9
The act of bringing someone back to life or to consciousness
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4.1
A return of activity or interest after a time of rest
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7.2
An idea or plan that becomes real and takes a clear form
A return to life, being awake, or normal activity
Antonyms
How Alive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'becoming real, vivid, or active' is directly inferable from combining 'come' (to move into or develop) with 'life' (liveliness), so a learner who knows the constituents can readily interpret 'coming to life' as 'becoming lively or active'. This motion-to-state metaphor is common in English and across languages (e.g., 'come alive'), so the construction follows expected compositional patterns and is transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Coming to life shows the simple image of coming (moving toward) and life (being active): imagine a quiet town at dawn that slowly fills with people and sound, as if it wakes up into 'life'. That's why it means 'becoming real or active'.