What does lifetime mean?
Definitions for lifetime
ˈlaɪfˌtaɪmlife·time
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word lifetime.
Princeton's WordNet
life, lifetime, life-time, lifespannoun
the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
"the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"
Wiktionary
lifetimenoun
The duration of the life of someone or something.
lifetimenoun
A long period of time.
I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lifetimenoun
Continuance or duration of life.
Etymology: life and time.
Jordain talked prose all his life-time, without knowing what it was. Joseph Addison, on ancient Medals.
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lifetime
Lifetime is the duration or period of time during which a living being, object, or phenomenon exists or continues to function or be valid. For a living being, lifetime refers to the period between its birth and death. For an object or product, it is the length of time that it remains usable, functional, or in service. For a phenomenon or concept, it refers to its relevant or influential duration.
Webster Dictionary
Lifetimenoun
the time that life continues
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'lifetime' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4804
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'lifetime' in Nouns Frequency: #1904
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lifetime in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lifetime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of lifetime in a Sentence
We haven't, in my lifetime, had people on beaches waiting to be evacuated in life jackets... like it's a peacetime version of something that we have seen during wartime.
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.
The obituary for New York City has been written a lot of times, i'm a lifetime New Yorker. And I have great confidence that collectively, we will rise above this and we will drive down the crime and COVID will be in the rearview mirror. And people will return to work with both confidence and expectation of security and safety that would be consistent with their expectations and with the expectations of their employers.
Ive been fishing for 30 years and Ive never seen one like that, its the fish of a lifetime, one in a million.
Most tumors are very small and so slow-growing that the man rarely will even notice them in his lifetime, if a man has a slow-growing prostate cancer and opts to just watch it, it's still a nuisance with multiple office visits, blood tests, and repeated prostate biopsies.
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- أوقات الحياةArabic
- ғүмерBashkir
- eternitatCatalan, Valencian
- životCzech
- livstidDanish
- Leben, Lebensdauer, Lebenszeit, EwigkeitGerman
- βίοςGreek
- vivodaŭro, vivdaŭroEsperanto
- toda la vida, vida, eternidadSpanish
- طول عمرPersian
- ikuisuus, elinaikaFinnish
- éternité, cent sept ans, durée de vie, vieFrench
- կյա� քի ը� թացքումArmenian
- seumur hidupIndonesian
- tutta la vitaItalian
- 一生涯, 生涯, 一生Japanese
- 일생Korean
- vitaLatin
- levenslangDutch
- livstidNorwegian
- życiePolish
- vidaPortuguese
- durată de viață, eternitateRomanian
- целая жизнь, вся жизнь, время жизни, срок службы, продолжительность жизни, целая вечностьRussian
- livstid, evighetSwedish
- வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும்Tamil
- జీవితకాలంTelugu
- ตลอดชีวิตThai
- ömür, yaşamTurkish
- cả đờiVietnamese
- לעבנסצייטYiddish
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