Definition of "lifetime" []

• The period of time during which an individual is alive. (noun)
• The period of time during which property, an object, a process, or a phenomenon exists or functions. (noun)
• Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong. (adjective)
• Occurring or measured over a person's active career: a lifetime batting average. (adjective)

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• "Lloyds said it has not used the term "lifetime" cover since 2007 - and that it was clearly explained in the policy documents, that pet insurance remained an annual insurance policy, and terms and conditions could be altered."
• "Correction, Senator Bennett scored the 64 in 2008, his lifetime is about an 83, not bad."
• "The study also provided an estimate of what it refers to as "lifetime incidence" — given the current abortion rate, the proportion of women estimated to have an abortion in their lifetime by age 45."