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Lifetime

The time that life continues.

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Narrower term 1

Hereafter 76% connected

In time to come; in some future time or state.

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Age 70% connected

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

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Birth 70% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Death 70% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Demise 70% connected

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal author…

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Dying 70% connected

of Die

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Eld 70% connected

Old.

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Life 92% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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