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lifetime

[lahyf-tahym]

noun

  1. the time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life.

    peace within our lifetime.

  2. Physics.mean life.



adjective

  1. for the duration of a person's life.

    He has a lifetime membership in the organization.

lifetime

/ ˈɪˌٲɪ /

noun

    1. the length of time a person or animal is alive

    2. ( as modifier )

      a lifetime supply

  1. the length of time that something functions, is useful, etc

  2. 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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lifetime1

First recorded in 1175–1225, lifetime is from the Middle English word liftime. See life, time
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But they can’t bring back in their lifetimes the mini-orchard that kept them busy and produced the goods for the porch market soirees that brought their neighborhood together.

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Forty direct and 55 indirect jobs are also promised over the wind farms' 35-year operational lifetime.

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She added: "When Elon Musk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company."

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“Neither Congress nor the Executive Branch has ever intended to make federal bureaucrats a class with lifetime employment, whether there was work for them to do or not,” Sauer wrote.

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"Yet, for all practical purposes, throughout the lifetime of legacy Horizon, the Post Office maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate."

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