vita
noun
vita
1 American
[vahy-tuh, vee-, wee-tah]
/ ˈvaɪ tə, ˈvi-, ˈwi tɑ /
Also
vitae
noun
-
vitae
plural
Vita
2
American
[vee-tuh]
/ ˈvi tə /
noun
vita
British
/ ˈviːtə, ˈvaɪ- /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of vita
1920–25; < Latin: life
Example Sentences
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Which is why the Olympic rink has been invaded by George Michael, the Backstreet Boys and enough Ricky Martin to turn Milan’s dolce vita into la vida loca.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
She praised Revel Horwood and the group for raising vita funds for "game-changing" research.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
Headquartered in Denver, Colo, Crescat was established 1999, its name derived from the motto of his alma mater, the University of Chicago: “Crescat scientia; vita excolatur,” which means, “Let knowledge grow to enrich life.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
I am fortunate to be living la dolce vita here in Italy — which happens to include a genuine concern for the well being of its citizens.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
Mors certa, vita incerta, as Mr. Sloat occasionally declared.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vita Tzykun’s design, enhanced by Thomas C. Hase’s moody lighting and Devario D. Simmons’s period costumes, has six sets of file cabinets that reverse to form a kitchen or a bedroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The new priest, Dillon Scott Vita, is the son of one of my college roommates, Bill, and his wife, Eileen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Looking at the daily chart, Vita Coco has demonstrated impressive relative strength against beverage peer Monster Beverage Corporation over the past year as seen on the ratio chart.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
He appeared in adverts for Sony's handheld PlayStation Vita console and the company’s popular quiz show-themed party game, Buzz.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
She rushed past Mr. Vita into the small bedroom she and Papa shared.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Gonzalez-Olaechea is a former senior adviser and spokesman to former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, his curriculum vitae says.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Bobb graduated from Dartmouth College in 1968, then received his law degree three years later from UC Berkeley, according to his curriculum vitae.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025
The 1962 artwork was inspired by Dame Barbara's 1937 carving in lignum vitae of the same name, which is displayed at the Courtauld Gallery in London.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
One of the two researchers that Concytec has already removed from the registry was found to have appropriated the curriculum vitae of a Spanish researcher and republished articles by that researcher under their own name.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 21, 2023
As I understand by report I am much charged with starving the colony, I did always give every man his allowance faithfully, both of corn, oil, aqua vitae, etc., as was by the council proportioned.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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