Lifetime - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlaɪftaɪm|  American pronunciation of the word lifetime
Brit.  |ˈlaɪftaɪm|  British pronunciation of the word lifetime

noun

- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) (syn: life, lifespan)

Extra examples

It would have taken me a lifetime to read all those books.

Childhood seems a lifetime ago now!

During her lifetime she had witnessed two world wars.

It's the sort of opportunity you see only once in a lifetime.

He improved to 4-0 lifetime against the Dutchman.

She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime.

The friendship that they formed in school lasted a lifetime.

...a book that was the produce of a lifetime of study on the subject...

At college, you'll build friendships that will last a lifetime.

This is the chance of a lifetime!

Her work has a significance that will last beyond her lifetime.

...the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings...

...the cumulus of sundry things that fill up one's attic and somehow sum up a lifetime of experiences...

...a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul...

...an actor who in his lifetime received all the laud and honor that the theater world could bestow...

Word forms

noun
singular: lifetime
plural: lifetimes
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