lifelong
/ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ/
lifelong adjective: extending for the entire duration of life.
Adjective
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
lifelong meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
lifelong in Hindi
- extending for the entire duration of life
- आजीवन ājīvan
lifelong in Tamil
- குழந்தைப் பருவ எடை மிகைப்பு
lifelong in Urdu
- عمر بھر کا ساتھ
lifelong in Bengali
- lifelong
- চিরজীবন cirjibon
More languagesFewer languages
- lifelong in Malayalam
- അജീവനാന്ത, ജീവിതത്തിലുടനീളമുള്ള, ആജന്മം, ആജീവം
- lifelong in Kannada
- ಜೀವಾವಧಿಯ, ಆಜೀವ
- lifelong in Malay
- sepanjang hidup
Examples of lifelong in a sentence
- He studied English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and developed a lifelong interest in medieval history as a result of reading Chaucer.2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian:
- 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.2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 71:
Forms of lifelong
| alternative form | life-long |
|---|---|
| alternative form | life long |
Origin of lifelong
From life + -long.
Questions about lifelong
- What does lifelong mean?
- Lifelong means extending for the entire duration of life.
- What is lifelong in Hindi?
- Lifelong in Hindi is आजीवन (ājīvan). See Lifelong meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use lifelong in a sentence?
- He studied English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and developed a lifelong interest in medieval history as a result of reading Chaucer.
- What part of speech is lifelong?
- Lifelong is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lifelong?
- Lifelong is pronounced /ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ/.
Words near lifelong in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lifelong (page history and authors); lifelong (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lifelong (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চিরজীবন (Bengali) (page history and authors); lifelong (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); lifelong (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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