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LIFELONG
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Continuing through life
Example:
his lifelong study of Greek art
Synonyms:
lifelong; womb-to-tomb
Classified under:
Similar:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
Context examples:
But some babies can develop lifelong disabilities.
(Cytomegalovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Were you to argue, object, and annoy me for a year, I could not forego the delicious pleasure of which I have caught a glimpse—that of repaying, in part, a mighty obligation, and winning to myself lifelong friends.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Because of this pattern of bone loss, about half the bone size benefits of physical activity during youth and one-third of the bone strength benefits were maintained lifelong.
(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)
Researchers believe that stuttering — a potentially lifelong and debilitating speech disorder — stems from problems with the circuits in the brain that control speech, but precisely how and where these problems occur is unknown.
(Study in mice identifies type of brain cell involved in stuttering, National Institutes of Health)
