lifelong

See also: life-long and life long

English

Alternative forms

• life-long, life long

Etymology

life +‎ -long

Adjective

lifelong (not comparable)

1. Extending for the entire duration of life.

   They were lifelong friends; they met in elementary school and ended their lives in the same rest home.

   • 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     He studied English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and developed a lifelong interest in medieval history as a result of reading Chaucer.

   • 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 71:

     She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelong HST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday.

Related terms

• decadeslong, yearslong
• for life, lifespan, lifetime
• livelong

Translations

extending for the entire duration of life

• Bulgarian: пожизнен (bg) (požiznen), доживотен (bg) (doživoten)
• Czech: celoživotní (cs)
• Dutch: levenslang (nl)
• Esperanto: dumviva
• German: lebenslang (de)
• Hungarian: élethosszig tartó, egész életen át tartó, életfogytig tartó
• Italian: da una vita, da sempre
• Japanese: 生涯 (ja) (しょうがい, shōgai)
• Malay: sepanjang hidup
• Maori: taumano
• Polish: dożywotni (pl)
• Portuguese: vitalício (pt)
• Russian: пожизненный (ru) (požiznennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: fad-shaoghalach
• Spanish: vitalicio (es)
• Swedish: livslång (sv)
• Ukrainian: дові́чний (dovíčnyj)

Anagrams

• long-life