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lifetime definition

life·time (-tīm′)

noun

  1. the period of time that someone lives, or that something lasts, functions, or is in effect
  2. a very long time made to last a lifetime

adjective

lasting for such a period a lifetime job

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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