English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�laɪftaɪm/, SAMPA|/"laIftaIm/
audio|en-us-lifetime.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. The duration of the life of someone or something.
2. context|informal|hyperbolic A long period of time.

#:I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.

Synonyms
i-c|informal|hyperbolic: a long period of time ages, donkey's years (UK slang), an eternity, years, yonks (UK slang)

Derived terms
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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
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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
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Translations
trans-top|duration of the life of someone or something
Catalan: vida#Catalan|vida f
Finnish: elinaika, elämä|elämän aika
French: vie f
German: Leben n
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Japanese: �涯 (�����, sh�gai), �� (�����, issh�)
Russian: п�одолжи�ел�но��� жизни (prodolžítel'nost' żízni) f
Spanish: vida#Spanish|vida f
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trans-top|informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Catalan: eternitat f
Finnish: ikuisuus
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Russian: �ела� ве�но��� (célaja v'é��nost') f
Spanish: eternidad f
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ttbc|Swedish: livstid c (1,2), evighet c (2)

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• 2007-09-20 13:07 - Tohru - /* Translations */ checked ja ttbc

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