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lifelong learning

British  

noun

  1. the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people's lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfilment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He is a student in a lifelong learning program at UCLA; he takes extensive notes in notebooks and in the margins of his many books.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

To better understand lifelong learning, the team examined cognitive enrichment at three stages of life.

From Science Daily Apr. 15, 2026

“This opens the door to lifelong learning with transfer from short- to long-term memory, and moving smoothly to longer reasoning,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

It will have a memory and will engage in lifelong learning, much like you or me.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2025

Bridget Phillipson said the plans would create a "golden age of lifelong learning".

From BBC Jun. 1, 2024

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