lifetimenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/us/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/B2 the period of time during which someone lives or something exists:
We'll see a tremendous lot of technological changes during/in our lifetime.
Winners of the competition will receive the holiday of a lifetime (= the best holiday they will ever have).
I've only been working here two days, but it seems like a lifetime.
A watch of this quality should last a lifetime.
Enter our competition and this once-in-a-lifetime experience could be yours!
Marriage is no longer always seen as a lifetime commitment.
You could win a lifetime's supply of toothpaste.
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- She was given the award for a lifetime of public service.
- In the past, the majority of women were consigned to a lifetime of servitude and poverty.
- It's very difficult to shake the habit of a lifetime.
- We will not see a cure for cancer in my lifetime.
- He was worn out by a lifetime of hard work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist
- hold
- immortal
- inanimate
- last
- last out
- lead 1
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- living
- longevity
- outlive
- subsist
- subsistence
- survivable
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