Lifetime

English

Noun

lifetime (plural Lifetimes)

1. The duration of the life of someone or something.
2. (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)

Derived terms

terms derived from lifetime

chemical lifetime 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 life-timer lifetime risk lifetime value minority carrier lifetime maximum segment lifetime mean lifetime object lifetime of a lifetime once-in-a-lifetime

Verbs for Lifetime

concentrate in—; curtain—; devote—to; endure—; fill—; guide through—; pledge—; pour into—; record—; seek—; spend—; spin —; strive—; stumble through—; terminate —; withstand—; wrap in—; —grinds; — slides by; -—wearies.

Thesaurus

age, animal spirits, animate existence, animation, being alive, birth, existence, for life, generation, having life, immortality, life, lifelong, liveliness, livelong, living, long life, longevity, period of existence, spriteliness, viability, vitality, vivacity

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlaɪftaɪm/, SAMPA: /"laIftaIm/

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Translations

duration of the life of someone or something

Catalan: vida f. Esperanto: vivodaŭro (eo), vivdaŭro (eo) Finnish: elinaika, elämän aika French: durée de vie (fr) f. German: Leben (de) n.

Japanese: 生涯 (しょうがい, shōgai), 一生 (いっしょう, isshō) Russian: продолжительность жизни (prodolžítel'nost' żízni) f. Spanish: vida (es) f. Swedish: livstid (sv) c. Turkish: ömür (tr), yaşam (tr)

informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time

Catalan: eternitat f. Finnish: ikuisuus (fi) German: Ewigkeit (de) f.

Russian: целая вечность (célaja v'éččnost') f. Spanish: eternidad (es) f. Swedish: evighet (sv) c.