lifetimes
SayLYF-tymz/ˈlaɪftaɪmz/
- 1Plural of lifetime.
Mountains take countless lifetimes to wear down into hills.
The two friends felt as though they had known each other for several lifetimes.
Note
A regular plural, even though life itself becomes lives: the compound simply adds -s. It serves both meanings of lifetime. Literally, it counts separate life spans, whether of people or of things. Informally, it exaggerates, measuring any long stretch of time in lives, as in a wait that seemed to last lifetimes. That inflated use belongs to conversation rather than careful writing.
lifetimes is a form of lifetime
lifetime, noun: The full span of time during which a person, animal, or object lives or remains in existence. Full entry
- Forms
- lifetimelifetimes plural
- Spelling
- lifetime → lifetimes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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