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lifetime

/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/noun2 syllables

Lifetime means: the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).

Synonyms for lifetime8

noun, as in the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

life, life-time, lifespan

also used for lifetime

ages, donkey's years, eternity, years, yonks

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What does lifetime mean?1

noun

1

the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)“the battery had a short life”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Lifetime in a sentence

  • On average, people die once in a lifetime.Ooneykcall
  • Minutes turn into hours, hours into days, days, years, and years, a lifetime.purehearted
  • All mushrooms are edible, but some only once in a lifetime.Adelpa
  • In his lifetime, my father had been my worst enemy.Nuel
  • Fear is temporary, but regret can last a lifetime.Nuel
  • In my grandmother's lifetime, both telephones and computers have become commonplace.voxbubnya
  • There is so much to do, and only a lifetime to do it.CK
  • If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.patgfisher

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of lifetime

as a noun

plural
lifetimes