Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The period of time during which an individual is alive.
- noun The period of time during which property, an object, a process, or a phenomenon exists or functions.
- adjective Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong.
- adjective Occurring or measured over a person's active career.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The time that one's life continues; duration of life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The time that life continues.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The duration of the life of someone or something.
- noun informal, hyperbolic A long period of time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- noun the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
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Examples
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Lloyds said it has not used the term "lifetime" cover since 2007 - and that it was clearly explained in the policy documents, that pet insurance remained an annual insurance policy, and terms and conditions could be altered.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Emma Simon 2011
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Correction, Senator Bennett scored the 64 in 2008, his lifetime is about an 83, not bad.
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The study also provided an estimate of what it refers to as "lifetime incidence" — given the current abortion rate, the proportion of women estimated to have an abortion in their lifetime by age 45.
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Correction, Senator Bennett scored the 64 in 2008, his lifetime is about an 83, not bad.
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The greatest magic trick of our lifetime is the Republican Party convincing people to vote against their own interests.
Robert J. Elisberg: The First Election Results Are in! Robert J. Elisberg 2010
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The study also provided an estimate of what it refers to as "lifetime incidence" — given the current abortion rate, the proportion of women estimated to have an abortion in their lifetime by age 45.
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The greatest magic trick of our lifetime is the Republican Party convincing people to vote against their own interests.
Robert J. Elisberg: The First Election Results Are in! Robert J. Elisberg 2010
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Just realizing how technology has advanced in my lifetime is amazing.
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To put that in perspective, the incident rate of a person being struck by lightning in their lifetime is about 11 times the incidence rate of proven voter fraud in Milwaukee.
Balkinization 2007
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To put that in perspective, the incident rate of a person being struck by lightning in their lifetime is about 11 times the incidence rate of proven voter fraud in Milwaukee.
Balkinization 2007
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