Definitions for lifetime
ˈlaɪfˌtaɪmlife·time

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   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. Shaista Hamdulay:

   It's a once in lifetime opportunity, never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that I would be sitting at London Fashion Week.

2. Paul Newman:

   Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.

3. Ric Ocasek:

   It's kind of weird because it's like a lifetime, it is a lifetime. I had three families during that time. They are like lives that go by and millions of people and things and artists and writers and business people and fans. ... It's a lot of stuff. It's been a pretty eventful life, I can say.

4. Emeasoba George:

   It takes only courage to take the bull by the horns . That is to say, it takes only courage to decisively and fearlessly face or deal with challenges of one's lifetime. Thus, you've got to be courageous so that you can face and deal with life's challenges squarely. -Emeasoba George

5. Christopher Stanton:

   Everyone just got a full helping of tech stocks up at the high. It was some of the most reckless buying I've seen in my lifetime.

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