lifelong
English
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ/
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[edit]lifelong (not comparable)
- 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.
- my lifelong romance with football since I was a toddler
- 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.
- 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN[2]:
- A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.
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[edit]extending for the entire duration of life
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