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Plural of lifespan

regular plural

The plural of lifespan is lifespans.

Forms of lifespan

Singularlifespan /ˈlaɪf.spæn/
Plurallifespans
Countablecountable

Lifespans in a sentence

  • Some clams have lifespans far longer than those of human beings.
  • Or how beings such as ourselves—such as you now are— with lifespans measured in centuries and strength and endurance far beyond that of Terra- born humans, could decivilize so utterly?2003, David Weber, Empire from the ashes, →ISBN. From the entry decivilize

Meaning of lifespan

  1. noun The length of time for which an organism lives.
  2. noun The length of time for which something exists or is current, valid, or usable.

Full definition of lifespan

Questions about the plural of lifespan

What is the plural of lifespan?
The plural of lifespan is lifespans.
Is lifespan countable?
Lifespan is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lifespan (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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