lifelong

[lahyf-lawng, -long]

adjective

1. lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life.

   lifelong regret.

lifelong

/ ˈlaɪfˌlɒŋ /

adjective

1. lasting for or as if for a lifetime

Word History and Origins

Origin of lifelong¹

1750–60; life + long ¹ (adv.)

Example Sentences

A lifelong Republican who loved politics, he donated widely to GOP candidates.

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He added that it was "important that as a society we commemorate and remember those affected - for the impacts are often lifelong".

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Some travel to away days together, attend each other's weddings and become lifelong friends.

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The ensemble feels like a real, fractured unit that shares unspoken arrangements and lifelong knowledge of one another that doesn’t need to be verbalized to be understood.

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But unlike a retirement account that can be divided or a house that can be sold in a divorce, embryos represent both the potential for life and lifelong financial obligations.

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