Meanings
nounlife expectancy (countable and uncountable, plural life expectancies)
plural life expectancies
- countableuncountableThe 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.
2024 June 25, Issy Ronald, “Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record”, in CNN1 more example
People born in 2023 are now estimated to live 78.4 years, according to the CDC. That’s still shy of the 78.8-year life expectancy from 2019, but it’s a significant improvement driven by lower death rates in each of the 10 leading causes of death.
2024 December 19, Deidre McPhillips, “US life expectancy has rebounded closer to pre-pandemic levels”, in CNN - broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountableThe amount of time something is expected to last.
Translations
Arabic مَأْمُول اَلْحَيَاة, مُتَوَسِّط العُمْر المُتَوَقَّع
- مَأْمُول اَلْحَيَاة (maʔmūl al-ḥayāh)the amount of time one is expected to live
- مُتَوَسِّط العُمْر المُتَوَقَّع (mutawassiṭ al-ʕumr al-mutawaqqaʕ)the amount of time one is expected to live
Catalan esperança de vida
- esperança de vidathe amount of time one is expected to live
Chinese Mandarin 平均壽命 /平均寿命, 預期壽命 /预期寿命
- 平均壽命 /平均寿命 (píngjūn shòumìng)the amount of time one is expected to live
- 預期壽命 /预期寿命 (yùqī shòumìng)the amount of time one is expected to live
- 預期壽命 /预期寿命 (yùqī shòumìng)the amount of time something is expected to last
Danish forventet levealder
- forventet levealderthe amount of time one is expected to live
Dutch levensverwachting
- levensverwachtingthe amount of time one is expected to live
Finnish elinajanodote, eliniänodote
- elinajanodotethe amount of time one is expected to live
- eliniänodotethe amount of time one is expected to live
- odotettu kestothe amount of time something is expected to last
French espérance de vie
- espérance de viethe amount of time one is expected to live
German Lebenserwartung
- Lebenserwartungthe amount of time one is expected to live
Greek προσδόκιμο ζωής, μέσος όρος ζωής
- προσδόκιμο ζωής (prosdókimo zoḯs)the amount of time one is expected to live
- μέσος όρος ζωής (mésos óros zoḯs)the amount of time one is expected to live
Hindi जीवन प्रत्याशा
- जीवन प्रत्याशा (jīvan pratyāśā)the amount of time one is expected to live
Hungarian várható élettartam, születéskor várható élettartam
- várható élettartamthe amount of time one is expected to live
- születéskor várható élettartamthe amount of time one is expected to live
Icelandic lífslíkur
- lífslíkurthe amount of time one is expected to live
Indonesian angka harapan hidup
- angka harapan hidupthe amount of time one is expected to live
Italian aspettativa di vita
- aspettativa di vitathe amount of time one is expected to live
Japanese 平均余命, 平均寿命
- 平均余命 (heikin yomei)the amount of time one is expected to live
- 平均寿命 (heikin jumyō)the amount of time one is expected to live
Malay jangka hayat, jangka hayat
- jangka hayatthe amount of time one is expected to live
- jangka hayatthe amount of time something is expected to last
Norwegian Bokmål forventet levealder
- forventet levealderthe amount of time one is expected to live
Polish średnia długość życia, żywotność
- średnia długość życiathe amount of time one is expected to live
- żywotnośćthe amount of time something is expected to last
Portuguese expectativa de vida, esperança de vida
- expectativa de vidathe amount of time one is expected to live
- esperança de vidathe amount of time one is expected to live
Romanian speranță de viață
- speranță de viațăthe amount of time one is expected to live
Russian продолжи́тельность жи́зни
- продолжи́тельность жи́зни (prodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni)the amount of time one is expected to live
Spanish esperanza de vida, expectativa vital
- esperanza de vidathe amount of time one is expected to live
- expectativa vitalthe amount of time one is expected to live
- esperanza de vidathe amount of time something is expected to last
- expectativa vitalthe amount of time something is expected to last
Swedish förväntad livslängd
- förväntad livslängdthe amount of time one is expected to live
Turkish yaşam beklentisi
- yaşam beklentisithe amount of time one is expected to live
Vietnamese tuổi thọ
- tuổi thọthe amount of time one is expected to live
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APA
life expectancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20expectancy
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“life expectancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20expectancy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life expectancy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20expectancy.
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