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lifespan
  1. 1 lifespan, life, lifetime
  2. 2 life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.), service life, end of an object's (useful) life
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • It's on its last legs.

    sense 2 · life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.)

  • His sands are running out.

    sense 1 · lifespan

  • His days as a politician are numbered.

    sense 1 · lifespan

  • High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.

    sense 2 · life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.)

  • Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.

    sense 1 · lifespan

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