lifetime

(līf'tīm')
n.

1. The period of time during which an individual is alive.
2. The period of time during which property, an object, a process, or a phenomenon exists or functions.

adj.

1. Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong.
2. Occurring or measured over a person's active career: a lifetime batting average.

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time For the human being, 70 years is the typical inference, though not only is reality very variable, but the average has reached that figure only recently for any significant proportion of the world's people.

noun

The period during which someone or something exists: day (often used in plural), duration, existence, life, span, term. See live/die, time.

The time from the creation of an electron hole pair until recombination occurs.

For the duration of the animal's (usually productive) life.

• average l. performance — total of production data divided by the number of years of records.

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• Periods of Time - lifetime: period of time that life of someone or something lasts

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - levetid, menneskealder

idioms:

• of a lifetime    sit livs store chance

Nederlands (Dutch)
levensduur, leven, een eeuwigheid

Français (French)
n. - vie, éternité, durée d'utilisation
adj. - à vie

idioms:

• of a lifetime    d'une vie, de toute une vie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lebenszeit, Lebensdauer
adj. - lebenslang

idioms:

• of a lifetime    einmalig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζωή, διάρκεια ζωής, βίος
adj. - ολόκληρης ζωής

idioms:

• of a lifetime    που παρουσιάζεται μια φορά στη ζωή σου

Italiano (Italian)
vita

idioms:

• of a lifetime    di una vita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - duração (f) da vida, a vida (f) toda
adj. - vitalício

idioms:

• of a lifetime    de uma vida

Русский (Russian)
продолжительность жизни, вся жизнь

idioms:

• of a lifetime    раз в жизни

Español (Spanish)
n. - ciclo de vida, vida
adj. - perpetuo, vitalicio, que dura toda la vida

idioms:

• of a lifetime    (oportunidad) de una vida entera, única, irrepetible

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - livstid
adj. - livstids, på livstid

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一生, 终生

idioms:

• of a lifetime    毕生的时间, 不会再有的, 终身难过的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一生, 終生

idioms:

• of a lifetime    畢生的時間, 不會再有的, 終身難過的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일생 , 생애, 존속기간

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 生涯, 寿命, 一生

idioms:

• of a lifetime    終生の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) العمر, حياة المرء أو مداها (صفه) متعلق بالعمر وحياة المرء أو مداها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ימי החיים (של אדם), משך-זמן ארוך ביותר (מדוברת)‬

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