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nounthe time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life: peace within our lifetime. Physics. mean life. adjectivefor the duration of a person's life: He has a lifetime membership in the organization. Origin of lifetimeFirst recorded in 1175–1225, lifetime is from the Middle English word liftime.See life, time Words nearby lifetimelifestyler, life-support, life-support system, life table, life-threatening, lifetime, life vest, lifeway, lifework, life zone, Liffey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lifetimeThis is the strongest storm to hit the region in any resident’s lifetime, and the area will be recovering from the storm for a long time. Hurricane Laura is the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in more than a century|Sara Chodosh|August 28, 2020|Popular Science That being said, I don’t think you’re going to see a Republican or a Democrat president, at least in my lifetime, that is anything like this. Full Transcript: Sean Spicer on ‘The Carlos Watson Show’|Daniel Malloy|August 26, 2020|Ozy Seeing an eclipse of the sun by Pluto is a once-in-a-lifetime event. These Images Expose the Dark Side of the Solar System - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Corey S. Powell|August 26, 2020|Nautilus For example, when a virtual gluon splits into two virtual quarks, the quarks’ possible lifetimes can vary. The Mathematical Structure of Particle Collisions Comes Into View|Charlie Wood|August 20, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Peter Timmer has seen a lot of change in the farming business over his lifetime. How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 6, 2020|Freakonomics The sad fact is that more than 41 percent of trans people admit making at least one suicide attempt in their lifetime. Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST If you answered seven or more of these correctly, you are eligible for a lifetime supply of Metamucil. The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Having graduated Juilliard last spring, Alex Sharp is too young to have given the performance of a lifetime. Hedwig, Hugh & Michael Cera: 12 Powerhouse Theater Performances of 2014|Janice Kaplan|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Det. Rafael Ramos spent a lifetime trying to become a police officer, entering the academy at age 38. In The Shadow of Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Each well requires 1,500—2,000 truck trips over the lifetime of the well. New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are some pleasant things about this way of spending a lifetime, but there are no easy ones. McClure's Magazine, March, 1896, Vol. VI., No. 4.|Various Sometimes, indeed, it did occur to him that he could not be a luggage boy all his lifetime. Ben, the Luggage Boy;|Horatio Alger When you are in a dark prison cell, waiting for deliverance, it seems a lifetime. Within Prison Walls|Thomas Mott Osborne I've given him the scare of a lifetime, and I've unshipped him from his safe anchorage on that darn Labrador coast. The Man in the Twilight|Ridgwell Cullum Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches|Various
British Dictionary definitions for lifetime
noun- the length of time a person or animal is alive
- (as modifier)a lifetime supply
the length of time that something functions, is useful, etc physics the average time of existence of an unstable or reactive entity, such as a nucleus, excited state, elementary particle, etc; mean life Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lifetimecareer, life, period, continuance, endurance, course, time, existence, days, life span, cradle to grave Medical definitions for lifetime
n.The period of time during which an individual is alive. The period of time during which property, an object, a process, or a phenomenon exists or functions. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |