lifetime
[noun]
Synonyms: existence, career, day(s), span, time

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life‧time /ˈlaɪftaɪm/ noun [countable usually singular]

1. the period of time during which someone is alive or something exists ⇒ lifespan
during/in sb’s lifetime
During her lifetime she had witnessed two world wars.
It’s the sort of opportunity you see only once in a lifetime.

2. the chance/experience etc of a lifetime the best opportunity, experience etc that you will ever have:
It was the holiday of a lifetime.

3. not in this lifetime spoken not at all Synonym : never:
‘Would you go out with him after he dropped you?’ ‘Not in this lifetime.’

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

lifetime
noun
ADJ. long wisdom gained in the course of a long lifetime
short A lifetime is too short for all the great books there are!
entire, whole
VERB + LIFETIME devote, spend He devoted a lifetime to working with disabled children.
take (sb) It took a whole lifetime to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.
last (sb) This watch should last you a lifetime.
seem (like) It seems a lifetime since we first met.
LIFETIME + NOUN achievement The veteran director won a lifetime achievement award.
employment, income Payments are based on expected lifetime income.
lifetime's experience, lifetime's work
PREP. after a ~ After a lifetime as a journalist in the troublespots of the world, he retired to the country.
during your ~ I've seen many changes during my lifetime.
in your ~ The artist was little known in his lifetime.
of a ~ It was the holiday of a lifetime!
~ in She spent a lifetime in politics.
~ of a lifetime of problems
PHRASES the habits of a lifetime It's hard to break the habits of a lifetime.
half a lifetime, a legend in your own lifetime Herbert von Karajan was a legend in his own lifetime.
a lifetime ago/away University seems a half a lifetime away.
once in a lifetime That sort of thing happens only once in a lifetime.

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