lifetime

¹life·time

noun \ˈlīf-ˌtīm\

Definition of LIFETIME

1

a : the duration of the existence of a living being (as a person or an animal) or a thing (as a star or a subatomic particle)

b : life 12

2

: an amount accumulated or experienced in a lifetime <a lifetime of regrets>

Examples of LIFETIME

1. a lifetime spent traveling the world
2. It would have taken me a lifetime to read all those books.
3. Childhood seems a lifetime ago now!
4. a chemical with a lifetime of only a few minutes
5. the lifetime of a planet

First Known Use of LIFETIME

13th century

Related to LIFETIME

Synonyms

continuance, date, life, life span, duration, run, standing, time

Related Words

spell, stretch; span, tenure, term; hitch, tour, turn; half-life; age, longevity

Rhymes with LIFETIME

airtime, all-time, bedtime, begrime, big time, big-time, birdlime, buy time, call time, crunch time, cut time, daytime, downtime, dreamtime, drive time, enzyme, eye rhyme, face time, flextime, foretime, free-climb, full-time, half dime, halftime, hang time, hate crime, hill climb, in time, key lime, longtime, lunchtime, make time, Mannheim, mark time, Maytime, mealtime, meantime, Mülheim, nighttime, noontime, old-time, onetime, on time, part-time, pastime, peacetime, Pforzheim, playtime, post time, prime time, quicklime, quick time, ragtime, real time, rock climb, schooltime, seedtime, showtime, sight rhyme, small-time, sometime, Sondheim, space-time, springtime, sublime, teatime, two-time, uptime, Waldheim, war crime, wartime, wind chime

²lifetime

adjective

Definition of LIFETIME

1

: lifelong

2

: of long duration or continuance <lifetime legislation>

3

: measured or achieved over the span of a career <a baseball player's lifetime batting average>

First Known Use of LIFETIME

1834