Definitions for Lifetime
ˈlaɪfˌtaɪmlife·time

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lifetimenoun

   The duration of the life of someone or something.

2. lifetimenoun

   A long period of time.

   I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Lifetimenoun

   the time that life continues

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Lifetime' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4804

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Lifetime' in Nouns Frequency: #1904

How to pronounce Lifetime?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say Lifetime in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lifetime in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lifetime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Lifetime in a Sentence

1. Erin Loos Cutraro:

   If we want to see equity for women in government in our lifetime, we have to have record-breaking election cycles in the next few cycles to come.

2. Nicholas Dungan:

   You don't need political power to be a leader. You don't need hard power to be a leader. You need personal power to be a leader, the Queen gift may be the inspiration that The Queen gives us for the future as much as the service The Queen gave us during The Queen lifetime.

3. Lewis Black:

   The one thing I’ve learned in my lifetime is that we’ve got to get to the middle before we start pushing things in other directions. We’ve gotta get to the middle, and they have to sit down and decide how to do things.

4. Gary Dvorchak:

   My government contacts called in June and asked if I want to be in an event on national day ... I didn't know until two weeks ago that it was the parade, they couldn't tell me what it was, but they said it'll be the honor of a lifetime, so I said 'OK'.

5. Ali Shah:

   It didn't seem too much to spend a couple days travel to pay respects for a lifetime of inspiration by my hero, Muhammad Ali, my namesake and hero, he's just been a positive inspiration for me for as long as I've had memories.

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