Phrase guide

life expectancy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The amount of time one is expected to live.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

The amount of time something is expected to last.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anticipation, expectancy

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَأْمُول اَلْحَيَاة (maʔmūl al-ḥayāh) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Arabic: مُتَوَسِّط العُمْر المُتَوَقَّع (mutawassiṭ al-ʕumr al-mutawaqqaʕ) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Catalan: esperança de vida — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平均壽命 /平均寿命 (píngjūn shòumìng) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Chinese Mandarin: 預期壽命 /预期寿命 (yùqī shòumìng) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Danish: forventet levealder — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Dutch: levensverwachting — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Finnish: elinajanodote — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Finnish: eliniänodote — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • French: espérance de vie — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • German: Lebenserwartung — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Greek: προσδόκιμο ζωής (prosdókimo zoḯs) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Greek: μέσος όρος ζωής (mésos óros zoḯs) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Hindi: जीवन प्रत्याशा (jīvan pratyāśā) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Hungarian: várható élettartam — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Hungarian: születéskor várható élettartam — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Icelandic: lífslíkur — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Indonesian: angka harapan hidup — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Italian: aspettativa di vita — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Japanese: 平均余命 (heikin yomei) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Japanese: 平均寿命 (heikin jumyō) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Malay: jangka hayat — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forventet levealder — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forventa levealder — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Polish: średnia długość życia — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Portuguese: expectativa de vida — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Portuguese: esperança de vida — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Romanian: speranță de viață — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Russian: продолжи́тельность жи́зни (prodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni) — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Spanish: esperanza de vida — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Spanish: expectativa vital — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Swedish: förväntad livslängd — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Turkish: yaşam beklentisi — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Vietnamese: tuổi thọ — the amount of time one is expected to live
  • Chinese Mandarin: 預期壽命 /预期寿命 (yùqī shòumìng) — the amount of time something is expected to last
  • Finnish: odotettu kesto — the amount of time something is expected to last
  • Malay: jangka hayat — the amount of time something is expected to last
  • Polish: żywotność — the amount of time something is expected to last
  • Spanish: esperanza de vida — the amount of time something is expected to last
  • Spanish: expectativa vital — the amount of time something is expected to last