lifetime
noun/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/
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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The duration of the life of someone or something.
- a project that will take many human lifetimes to complete
- the operational lifetime of an aircraft component
1 more example
- comes with a lifetime warranty
- Derived terms
36 terms
all in a lifetime, all in one's lifetime, carrier lifetime, chemical lifetime, customer lifetime value, fluorescence lifetime imaging, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime, legend in one's own lifetime, 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, life-timer, lifetime rate cap, lifetime reserve days, lifetime reverse mortgage, lifetime risk, lifetime value, lifetime warranty, maximum segment lifetime, mean lifetime, minority carrier lifetime, object lifetime, of a lifetime, once-in-a-lifetime, segment lifetime- Related terms
- time of life, time of one's life, three score and ten
- Hypernyms
- time