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- [lahyf-tahym]
- /ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm/
- /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lahyf-tahym]
- /ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm/
Definitions of lifetime word
- noun lifetime the time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life: peace within our lifetime. 1
- noun lifetime Physics. mean life. 1
- adjective lifetime for the duration of a person's life: He has a lifetime membership in the organization. 1
- noun lifetime The duration of a person's life. 1
- noun lifetime person's 1
- noun lifetime object 1
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Origin of lifetime
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
First recorded in 1175-1225, lifetime is from the Middle English word liftime. See life, time
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Parts of speech for Lifetime
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lifetime popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lifetime usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lifetime
noun lifetime
- career — A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
- life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- period — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- continuance — The continuance of something is its continuation.
- course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
adjective lifetime
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
Antonyms for lifetime
noun lifetime
- end — Come or bring to a final point; finish.
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