Dictionary Definition
lifetime n : the period during which something is
functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short
life"; "he lived a long and happy life" [syn: life, lifespan]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈlaɪftaɪm/, /"laIftaIm/
Noun
- The duration of the life of someone or something.
- In the context of "informal|hyperbolic": A long period of time.
- I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.
Synonyms
- ages, donkey's years (UK slang), an eternity, years, yonks (UK slang)
Derived terms
- chemical lifetime
- a legend in one's own lifetime
- all in a lifetime, all in one's lifetime
- customer lifetime value
- fluorescence lifetime imaging
- lifetime achievement award
- lifetime average daily dose
- lifetime cap
- lifetime employment
- lifetime exposure
- lifetime income tax
- lifetime job
- lifetime learning credit
- lifetime maximum benefit amount
- lifetime mobility
- lifetime mortgage
- lifetime payment cap
- lifetime policy
- lifetime rate cap
- lifetime reserve days
- lifetime reverse mortgage
- life-timer
- lifetime risk
- lifetime value
- minority carrier lifetime
- maximum segment lifetime
- mean lifetime
- object lifetime
- of a lifetime
- once-in-a-lifetime
Translations
duration of the life of someone or something
informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
- Catalan: eternitat
- Finnish: ikuisuus
- Russian: целая вечность (célaja v'éččnost')
- Spanish: eternidad
Extensive Definition
Lifetime may refer to:
- Life expectancy, the length of time a person is alive
- Mean lifetime, a certain number that characterizes the rate of reduction ("decay") of a particle of an assembly
- Service life, a product's expected lifetime, or the acceptable period of use in service
- Object lifetime, in object-oriented programming, the time between an object's creation until the object is no longer used
- Lifetime Television, a leader in women’s cable television programming; see also, Lifetime Entertainment Services, Lifetime Movie Network, and Lifetime Real Women
- Lifetime Products, a manufacturer of tables, chairs, outdoor sheds, utility trailers, and residential basketball equipment; see also Buy Lifetime
In music:
- Lifetime (band), an American melodic hardcore punk band from New Jersey
- The Tony Williams Lifetime, a pioneering jazz fusion group led by drummer Tony Williams
- "A Lifetime," a song by Better Than Ezra
- Life Time, an album by Rollins Band
See also
- Life span (disambiguation)
lifetime in German: Lebensdauer
lifetime in German: Lifetime
lifetime in Urdu: عرصۂ حیات
lifetime in French: Durée de vie
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
age,
animal spirits, animate existence, animation, being alive,
birth, existence, for life, generation, having life,
immortality,
life, lifelong, liveliness, livelong, living, long life, longevity, period of
existence, spriteliness, viability, vitality, vivacity