lifetime
//ˈlaɪf.taɪm//
Forms
- Plural
- lifetimes
Definitions
1.The duration of the life of someone or something.
2.A long period of time.(informal)
- I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2881
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English lyftyme, equivalent to life + time.
Cognate with Icelandic líftími (“lifetime”).
Compare also Saterland Frisian Lieuwendstied, Dutch leeftijd and levenstijd, German Low German Levenstied, German Lebenszeit, Danish livstid, Swedish livstid.