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lifesuit

lifesuit

1 8.0
A suit that protects a person and helps them survive dangerous conditions
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪfˌsuːt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : traje de vida
  • The astronaut's lifesuit protected him from the harsh conditions of outer space.
  • activate your lifesuit
  • encased in a lifesuit

Examples

  • When it was cut all the way through, Bartow and Haj activated their lifesuits in full armor mode.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Quee Lee was encased in the lifesuit, a sudden panic taking hold of her.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Quee Lee remained inside her lifesuit, just the two of them flying back to Port Beta.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • A lifesuit's energy field could have kept her warmer, but that was too removed from the experience.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Clear of the pod now, she pressed her left middle finger into her palm and her lifesuit activated.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Quee Lee knew enough about lifesuits to appreciate his circumstances.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Then came a harsher movement, and her lifesuit activated, hardening against the buffeting her body was taking.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • "The scary thing, Ambassador, is that the spine didn't activate your lifesuit," Chanda said. "They're more advanced than we are in some ways."

    Fiction book (2002)
  • "Thank you, miss." The Remora walked slowly, almost clumsily, his lifesuit making a harsh grinding noise in the knees and hips.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Even the captains were to don the lifesuits, stepping into the open when it was safest, patching craters with fresh-made hyperfibers.

    Fiction book (1994)

How Protective

lifesuit
  • Specialized
1 8.0
biohazard suit
  • Specialized
1 6.5
life jacket
16 1.4

Surface Forms

lifesuit singular
lifesuits plural

Morphology

lifesuit = life + suit (transparent) = life + suit

The meaning 'a suit intended to preserve or protect life' follows directly from the clear combination of 'life' + 'suit', which learners can infer.

Etymology

Lifesuit combines life and suit, and you can remember it like lifeboat or spacesuit. It literally means a 'suit' that protects someone's 'life', so it is a protective outfit used to help save a person in danger.