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lifetime
/ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm/
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What does lifetime mean?
noun
- The duration of the life of someone or something.
- (informal) A long period of time.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm/
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It is possible that Sophie-Victoire's conduct was irreproachable during her husband's lifetime, but, after his death, she returned to her former ways.
"Well, I don't know as I mean anything. But shouldn't you like to build? Everybody builds, at least once in a lifetime."
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The monument of a father's lifetime was wrecked in two years and seven months by the boy who had all the "advantages."
Both epithets were unsparingly applied to him in his lifetime, and while the unhappy consequences of his projects were still deeply felt.
To pack a lifetime with energy--that is the American plan, and so to economize that energy as to get the largest results.