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Webster 1913 Edition

Lifetime

Life′timeˊ

(līf′tīmˊ)

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Noun.

The time that life continues.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lifetime

LI'FETIME

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Noun.

The time that life continues; duration of life.

Definition 2025

lifetime

lifetime

See also: life-time

English

Noun

life time ‎(plural lifetimes)

The duration of the life of someone or something.
(informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time.
I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.

Synonyms

(informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time): ages, donkey's years (UK slang), an eternity, years, yonks (UK slang)

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of lifetime

carrier lifetime
chemical lifetime

maximum segment lifetime
mean lifetime

minority carrier lifetime
object lifetime

segment lifetime

Derived terms

life-timer
once-in-a-lifetime

Related terms

Related terms

a legend in one's own lifetime
all in a lifetime, all in one's lifetime
customer lifetime value
fluorescence lifetime imaging
lifetime achievement award
lifetime average daily dose

lifetime cap
lifetime employment
lifetime exposure
lifetime income tax
lifetime job
lifetime learning credit

lifetime maximum benefit amount
lifetime mobility
lifetime mortgage
lifetime payment cap
lifetime policy
lifetime rate cap

lifetime reserve days
lifetime reverse mortgage
lifetime risk
lifetime value
of a lifetime

Translations

duration of the life of someone or something

Bashkir: ғүмер ‎(ğümer)
Catalan: vida f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一生 (zh) ‎(yīshēng), 一輩子 (zh), 一辈子 (zh) ‎(yībèizi), 壽命 (zh), 寿命 (zh) ‎(shòumìng), 畢生 (zh), 毕生 (zh) ‎(bìshēng), 輩子 (zh), 辈子 (zh) ‎(bèizi)
Esperanto: vivodaŭro, vivdaŭro
Finnish: elinaika (fi), elämän aika
French: durée de vie (fr) f (objects), vie (fr) f (persons)
German: Leben (de) n, Lebensdauer (de) f, Lebenszeit (de) f

Greek: βίος (el) m ‎(víos)
Japanese: 生涯 ‎(しょうがい, shōgai), 一生 (ja) ‎(いっしょう, isshō), 一生涯 ‎(いっしょうがい, isshōgai)
Latin: aetas (la) f
Navajo: są́ náʼoogą́ą́ʼ (of a person; traditionally about 104 years)
Polish: życie (pl) n
Portuguese: vida (pt) f
Romanian: durată de viață
Russian: продолжи́тельность жи́зни f ‎(prodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni), це́лая жизнь f ‎(célaja žiznʹ), вся жизнь f ‎(vsja žiznʹ), вре́мя жи́зни n ‎(vrémja žízni) (of an object, function, etc.), срок слу́жбы m ‎(srok slúžby) (equipment)
Spanish: vida (es) f, toda la vida f
Swedish: livstid (sv) c
Turkish: ömür (tr), yaşam (tr)

informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time

Catalan: eternitat (ca) f
Finnish: ikuisuus (fi)
French: éternité (fr) f, cent sept ans (fr) m pl
German: Ewigkeit (de) f

Portuguese: vida (pt) f
Romanian: eternitate (ro)
Russian: це́лая ве́чность (ru) f ‎(célaja véčnostʹ)
Spanish: eternidad (es) f
Swedish: evighet (sv) c

See also

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