lifetime

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lifetime
    n 1: 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" [syn: {life}, {lifetime}, {life-
         time}, {lifespan}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lifetime \Life"time`\ (l[imac]f"t[imac]m`), n.
   The time that life continues.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "lifetime":
      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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