lifetime
See also: life-time
English
Etymology
From Middle English liftime, equivalent to life + time. Compare Saterland Frisian Lieuwendstied, Dutch leeftijd and levenstijd, German Low German Levenstied, German Lebenszeit, Danish livstid, Swedish livstid, Icelandic líftími.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɪftaɪm/
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Noun
lifetime (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)
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- 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
- 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
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informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
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