lifelong

[ lahyf-lawng, -long ]
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adjective
  1. lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.

Origin of lifelong

1
1750–60; life + long1 (adv.)

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British Dictionary definitions for lifelong

lifelong

/ (ˈlaɪfˌlɒŋ) /


adjective
  1. lasting for or as if for a lifetime

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