- lifetime
- nounADJECTIVE▪ long▪
wisdom gained in the course of a long lifetime
▪ short▪A lifetime is too short for all the great books there are!
▪ entire, wholeVERB + LIFETIME▪ devote, spend▪He devoted a lifetime to working with disabled children.
▪ take (sb)▪It took a whole lifetime to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.
▪ last (sb)▪This watch should last you a lifetime.
▪ seem, seem like▪It seems a lifetime since we first met.
▪ live▪You can live a whole lifetime and not witness such an event.
LIFETIME + NOUN▪ achievement▪The veteran director won a lifetime achievement award.
▪ appointment (AmE), employment▪ membership (AmE)▪ earnings, income▪Payments are based on expected lifetime income.
▪ guarantee, warranty▪ ban▪ commitmentPREPOSITION▪ after a lifetime▪After a lifetime as a journalist in the trouble spots of the world, he retired to the country.
▪ during sb's lifetime▪I've seen many changes during my lifetime.
▪ in your lifetime▪The artist was little known in his lifetime.
▪ of a lifetime▪She gave the performance of a lifetime.
▪ lifetime in▪She spent a lifetime in politics.
▪ lifetime of▪a lifetime of problems
PHRASES▪ the habits of a lifetime▪It's hard to break the habits of a lifetime.
▪ a legend in your own lifetime▪Callas was a legend in her own lifetime.
▪ half a lifetime▪ a lifetime ago, a lifetime away▪College seems a half a lifetime away.
▪ a lifetime's experience, a lifetime's work▪ a lifetime's worth of sth▪The images are part of a lifetime's worth of photographs from Cohen's long career.
▪ once in a lifetime▪That sort of thing happens only once in a lifetime.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
