lifetime

Meaning

  1. The duration of the life of someone or something.
  2. (informal) A long period of time.

Synonyms

one’s whole life

all one’s life

all through life

life time

whole life

one existence

time of life

throughout one’s life

Buddhist lifetime

during a generation

chemical residence time

operating life

power lifetime

used life

operation date

during one’s age

span of life

whole world

younger generation

one’s life time

term of service

foreign immigrant

Japanese immigrant to USA

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlaɪftaɪm/
Etymology

From Middle English lyftyme, equivalent to life + time. Cognate with Icelandic líftími (“lifetime”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Lieuwendstied, Dutch leeftijd and levenstijd, German Low German Levenstied, German Lebenszeit, Danish livstid, Swedish livstid.

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