life expectancy

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life expectancy

noun life expectancies

  1. countable, uncountable, of a person or other living being The amount of time one is expected to live. Great Danes have relatively short life expectancies compared to smaller dogs, living for an average of 8-10 years, and males are typically about 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) tall, according to the American Kennel Club.
  2. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable, of an idea or an object The amount of time something is expected to last.

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noun the amount of time one is expected to live

Españolesperanza de vida, expectativa vital
日本語平均余命 heikin yomei, 平均寿命 heikin jumyō
中文平均壽命 /平均寿命 píngjūn shòumìng, 預期壽命 /预期寿命 yùqī shòumìng
हिन्दीजीवन प्रत्याशा jīvan pratyāśā
Portuguêsexpectativa de vida, esperança de vida
Françaisespérance de vie
DeutschLebenserwartung
Italianoaspettativa di vita
Ελληνικάπροσδόκιμο ζωής prosdókimo zoḯs, μέσος όρος ζωής mésos óros zoḯs
Românăsperanță de viață
Русскийпродолжи́тельность жи́зни prodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni
Tiếng Việttuổi thọ
العربيةمَأْمُول اَلْحَيَاة maʔmūl al-ḥayāh, مُتَوَسِّط العُمْر المُتَوَقَّع mutawassiṭ al-ʕumr al-mutawaqqaʕ

noun the amount of time something is expected to last

Españolesperanza de vida, expectativa vital
中文預期壽命 /预期寿命 yùqī shòumìng

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@misc{life_expectancy_2026,
  title = {life expectancy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/life%20expectancy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}