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We watched wildlife from a safe distance.
What does Wildlife mean?
Wildlife means wild animals—and sometimes other wild living things—that live independently of people in natural conditions.
Dictionary definition
Wildlife means undomesticated living things that live independently of people in natural conditions, especially wild animals; in some uses it includes wild plants too. The uncountable noun is often placed before another noun, as in wildlife habitat or wildlife conservation.
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Wildlife in a sentence
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The wetland provides food, water, shelter, and space for local wildlife.
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Wildlife can live in cities as well as forests when suitable habitat remains.
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The wildlife crossing helps animals move safely between habitats.
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What does wildlife mean?
Wildlife most often refers to undomesticated animals, though some broad uses include wild plants too.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses wildlife as an uncountable noun?
Wildlife is normally uncountable, so English does not usually say a wildlife or wildlifes.
Practice 3
Which statement is accurate?
Wildlife can live in cities when natural food, water, shelter, and space are available.
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WordWildlife.
Partnoun.
MeaningWildlife means wild animals—and sometimes other wild living things—that live independently of people in natural conditions.
ExampleExample: We watched wildlife from a safe distance.
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- wyld · lyf
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- wyld
- Ending
- lyf
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- Put a little extra energy on wyld.
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Synonyms
Words like Wildlife
wild animalsA close everyday phrase when wildlife refers specifically to undomesticated animals rather than the broader plants-and-animals sense.
faunaA formal collective noun for the animals of a place or period; it fits wildlife when the context concerns wild animal life in an area.
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Does Wildlife have an opposite?
Wildlife has no direct antonym. Pets, livestock, and domesticated plants are contrasting groups, but none covers every living thing excluded from wildlife.
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Word family
Wildlife word family
Base word
wildlife
adjective
wild
Living or growing in natural conditions rather than under human control.
adverb
wildly
In an uncontrolled, extreme, or inaccurate way; its usual meanings differ from wildlife.
noun
wildness
The quality or state of being wild.
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Hint for students
Ask whether the living thing is undomesticated and meets its needs independently in natural conditions; wild does not have to mean far from cities.
Common mix-up
Wildlife is normally uncountable: say much wildlife or many wild animals, not a wildlife or wildlifes. The word may include plants in broad use, though it often means wild animals.
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Students sort cards showing a city raccoon, park deer, pet rabbit, farm chicken, wildflower, and garden tomato. They compare the narrow animal sense with the broader wild-living-things sense and explain borderline cases.
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Compare a fox in a city park, a dog on a leash, and cattle in a field. Which one is wildlife, and which clues about dependence and domestication support your answer?
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