lifetime

[US]/ˈlaɪftaɪm/
[UK]/ˈlaɪftaɪm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. entire duration of a person's life; the period during which something is functional or in effect
adj. lasting for a person's whole life; existing or continuing through all time

Phrases & Collocations

for a lifetime

lifetime guarantee

lifetime achievement

of a lifetime

long lifetime

lifetime education

Example Sentences

a lifetime guarantee; lifetime membership.

a reward for a lifetime's work.

a lifetime of perfect felicity

a lifetime best of 12.0 seconds.

This is your chance to win the holiday of a lifetime!

Getting that story was the scoop of a lifetime for the journalist.

I have had enough obloquy for one lifetime.

she had wasted a whole lifetime in this hole of a town.

it may well take the lifetime of a Parliament to put things right.

he spent a lifetime cocking a snook at the art world.

Magic can be a lifetime hobby and card magic is the poetry of prestidigitation.

five weeks was a lifetime, anything could have happened.

Magic can be a lifetime hobby and card magic is considered to be the poetry of prestidigitation.

Lifetime they instruct me sedulity, acquittal, goodness, rectitude;

The lifetime of a hyperon bounded in a hypernucleus is affected by the nuclear environment.

In my father's lifetime there have been many changes in the village.

We can't expect one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.

There is no need to think that you are sentenced to a lifetime of unhappiness.

They saved for years for their trip of a lifetime to Hawaii.

Objective To investigate the particularity of therapy of bilateral nephroblastoma (BWT)and necessity of lifetime follow-up.

Real-world Examples

The story of how we forged friendships that will last a lifetime.

Source: 2018 Highlights of Graduation Speeches

This memory will last me a lifetime.

Source: Little Jiung Tonight Show last week

So, they can extend a lifetime almost indefinitely.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2021 Collection

Now we got a lifetime of " What if? "

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

Some people live a lifetime in a minute.

Source: Classic movies

I wish you a lifetime of happiness with him.

Source: Friends Season 7

Tomorrow, Sanjay Patel begins a lifetime of second best.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

Give them a memory that can last a lifetime.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) November 2022 Collection

But it could cost him a lifetime of pain.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation July 2014

But it was never produced in Artaud's lifetime.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

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