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

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

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Twenty-five years ago, Princeton University authorized me to establish and direct a program in civic education dedicated to helping young men and women become determined truth seekers, courageous truth speakers, lifelong learners and responsible citizens.

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Her Greek birthplace came to be a lifelong handicap: the Hoxha regime was convinced she was a foreign spy.

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During this same period, the national rate of childhood obesity nearly tripled, in many cases triggering what the author calls a “lifelong cycle of shame.”

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The remaining nuns were granted lifelong right of residence, as long as their health and mental capacity allowed.

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