Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The amount of time one is expected to live.

    Lebenserwartung

    продолжи́тельность жи́зниprodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni

    an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities

  2. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)The amount of time something is expected to last.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. People's life expectancy grows every year.

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  2. Algeria's average life expectancy has increased.

  3. As recent research shows, the life expectancy in Japan is consistently increasing.

  4. Life expectancy has been improving, most notably among the young and the poor.

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  5. Life expectancy has increased.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the amount of time one is expected to live:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the amount of time one is expected to live:

Forms

plural: life expectancies

Word family

1 related words

See also

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