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lifetime

Pronunciation:  'lIf`tIm

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 Definition: [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"
 
 Synonyms: life, lifespan
 
 See Also: afterlife, age, birth, death, demise, dying, eld, hereafter, life expectancy, period, period of time, time of life, time period

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Life"time`\ (-t[imac]m`), n.
The time that life continues.

 
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 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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