vita

[ vahy-tuh, vee-; Latin wee-tah ]

/ ˈvaɪ tə, ˈvi-; Latin ˈwi tɑ /

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noun, plural vi·tae

[vahy-tee, vee-tahy; Latin wee-tahy]. /ˈvaɪ ti, ˈvi taɪ; Latin ˈwi taɪ/.

curriculum vitae (def. 1).

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Also vi·tae

[vahy-tee, vee-tahy]. /ˈvaɪ ti, ˈvi taɪ/.

Origin of vita

1920–25; <Latin: life

Words nearby vita

visual violet, visuognosis, visuomotor, visuosensory, visuospatial, vita, vitaceous, vital, vital capacity, vital force, vital function

Other definitions for vita (2 of 2)

Vita

[ vee-tuh ]

/ ˈvi tə /

noun

a female given name, form of Davida.

How to use vita in a sentence

Vita activists have demanded that police investigate how the sea creatures appeared in Moscow and why.
Activists: Moscow Sea Park Is ‘Torturing’ Its Orca Whales|Anna Nemtsova|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Parisians have chic, Italians have la dolce vita, Brits have Evelyn Waugh—and Americans will always have cool.
The 100 Coolest Americans Gather at the National Portrait Gallery|William O’Connor|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, online play has been locked for the new system, though it remains free for both the PS3 and Vita.
Which Video Game System Is King?|Alec Kubas-Meyer|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Like Marcello in La Dolce Vita, Jep is a journalist and a flâneur with nothing to do.
The New Fellini: Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Great Beauty’|Jimmy So|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST

I feel TV play of vita games alone is worth the price of entry.
2013 Tokyo Game Show: Meet the PS4 and Xbox One|Alec Kubas-Meyer|September 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
During the ingenuous apologia pro vita sua Miss Anne regarded him with her honest candour.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Donaver's Vita di G. Mazzini is useful, especially for the earlier period.
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King
"That has 'Sic transit vita' on it," she said hurriedly, lest she should be forestalled.
Queensland Cousins|Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
Gozzi's conception of an Apologia pro vita sua was a comprehensive one.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
The Vita then comes to us with a certain unassailable authority, and is besides a work of piety, of love, of vindication.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton

British Dictionary definitions for vita

vita

/ (ˈviːtə, ˈvaɪ-) /

noun plural vitae (ˈviːtaɪ, ˈvaɪtiː)

US and Canadian a less common term for curriculum vitae

Word Origin for vita

from Latin: life

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