Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

life expectancy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
life -ex-pectan-cy
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount of time one is expected to live.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The amount of time something is expected to last.

Countable; Uncountable

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What does life expectancy mean?
The amount of time one is expected to live.

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