life skill

[ lahyf-skil ]

/ ˈlaɪf ˌskɪl /

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noun

Usually life skills . a skill that helps a person to function well in adult life, especially in social or emotional situations:Schools can teach life skills such as persistence and resilience.

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Origin of life skill

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby life skill

Lifesaving Service, life science, life sentence, life signs, life-size, life skill, life space, life span, lifestream, life stress, lifestyle

How to use life skill in a sentence

Both cash recipients and people in the control group got access to workshops and coaching focused on developing life skills and plans.
A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.|Sigal Samuel|May 7, 2021|Vox
If this is an obstacle to people learning an invaluable life skill, then maybe I should think twice about, how I’m dressed and what I’m wearing.
The Monk Who’s Helping the World Navigate Meditation, One Day at a Time|Pallabi Munsi|April 30, 2021|Ozy
Being able to act as if you can hear and see what is going on — even when you cannot — is a basic life skill.
Miss Manners: Time for exec’s assistant to fix grammatical error|Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
When asked what they would teach future generations, the majority would still prioritize teaching personal finance basics, ranking responsible money management as the most important life skill for kids today to learn.
COVID showed why we need to make financial literacy a national priority|jakemeth|September 25, 2020|Fortune

Schools also teach valuable life skills, such as how to act around others.
Here’s how COVID-19 is changing classes this year|Bethany Brookshire|September 8, 2020|Science News For Students
His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was also an attack on our freedom of expression and way of life.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I always wanted my life to be that way, and it became that way.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I liked it because it was like my life coming back together.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou