LIFETIMES Synonyms

• how long something has existed

• an era of history having some distinctive feature

• a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

• a prolonged period of time

• a late time of life

• begin to seem older; get older

• grow old or older

• make older

• a period of 100 years

• ten 10s

• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

• (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded

• a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages

• (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

• a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

• all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

• group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

• the normal time between successive generations

• a stage of technological development or innovation

• a coming into being

• the production of heat or electricity

• the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

• the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

• time without end

• a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife

• a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)

• a characteristic state or mode of living

• the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

• the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living

• the condition of living or the state of being alive

• the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

• the period between birth and the present time

• the period from the present until death

• a living person

• animation and energy in action or expression

• living things collectively

• the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

• an account of the series of events making up a person's life

• a motive for living

• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

• the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)