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lifetime

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life·time  (lftm)
n.
1. The period of time during which an individual is alive.
2. The period of time during which property, an object, a process, or a phenomenon exists or functions.
adj.
1. Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong.
2. Occurring or measured over a person's active career: a lifetime batting average.

lifetime
Noun
1. the length of time a person is alive
2. of a lifetime (of an opportunity or experience) the most important or memorable
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lifetime - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
birth - the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age"
demise, dying, death - the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
afterlife, hereafter - life after death
time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
eld, age - a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"

lifetime
noun existence, time, day(s), course, period, span, life span, your natural life, all your born days
Translations
Spanish lifetime [ˈlaɪftaɪm] n in his lifetime → durante su vida;
once in a lifetime → una vez en la vida;
the chance of a lifetime → una oportunidad única

French lifetime [ˈlaɪftaɪm] life n in his lifetime → de son vivant;
the chance of a lifetime → la chance de ma (or sa etc) vie, une occasion unique

German lifetime [ˈlaɪftaɪm] life nLebenszeit f [of thing] → Lebensdauer f [of parliament] → Legislaturperiode f;
in my lifetime life → während meines Lebens;
the chance of a lifetime life → eine einmalige Chance

Italian lifetime [ˈlaɪftaɪm] n in his lifetime → durante la sua vita;
in a lifetime → nell'arco della vita; in tutta la vita;
the chance of a lifetime → un'occasione unica

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When he contemplated a lifetime at Flack's, a lifetime of bee-dodging and carpet-beating and water-lugging, and reflected that, but for a few innocent words--words spoken, mark you, in a pure spirit of kindliness and brotherly love with the object of putting a bit of optimistic pep into sister
TO MY MOTHER TO WHOM I OWE A LIFETIME OF A MOTHER'S MOST SELF-SACRIFICING DEVOTION
because a summer afternoon is like a long lifetime to the young.
 
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