lifelong
adjective
life·long
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Definition of lifelong
1
: lasting or continuing through life
a lifelong friendship
2
: long-standing
Examples of lifelong in a Sentence
He had a lifelong love of nature.
Recent Examples on the Web
The family’s move to Arizona improved the boy’s health and instilled a lifelong love of the desert. — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Tim Means, Baja California ecotourism pioneer, dies at the age of 75," 28 Aug. 2019 What to Watch: Forrest Gump Twenty-five years ago, Forrest Gump ran through Alabama’s end zone for a Crimson Tide touchdown, pioneered Bubba Gump Shrimp, and married his lifelong love beneath the boughs of Greenbow Alabama trees. — Sarah Cook, al, "Birmingham magazine’s culture picks for August," 23 Aug. 2019 Nothing thereafter came close, and his lifelong ambition, a unified field theory, escaped him. — The Atlantic, "The Conversation," 18 Aug. 2019 Although clearly a labor of love, Creating Woodstock only incrementally augments the event’s already considerable legacy, suggesting that lifelong fans, but perhaps few others, will uncover occasional revelations. — Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Creating Woodstock': Film Review," 14 Aug. 2019 For more on Theron’s lifelong love of racing, pick up the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands later this month. — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, "Why Charlize Theron is heading to reality TV (and stunt driving) in Netflix's Hyperdrive: 'I love the speed'," 1 Aug. 2019 Joe Landers turned his lifelong love for horses into a lucrative business, first by breeding them on his Texas ranch and then running a pharmacy catering to their race performance needs. — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, "Pharmacy owner whose drugs led to doped racehorses admits to peddling unsafe equine drugs," 5 July 2019 This non-profit museum is the culmination of curator Bruce Hillerstein’s lifelong love of baseball and has been recognized by Smithsonian Books as one of the top 21 finest private baseball collections in the world, according to the museum’s website. — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, "Bored and broke? Here are 10 things to do around Denver for $10 or less," 2 July 2019 Fricke, a lifelong Judy fan, still remembers, at 19, driving back to his home in Milwaukee from a Wizard of Oz convention that late June day. — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, "Lorna Luft Reflects on the Connection Between Her Mother Judy Garland and Stonewall," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lifelong.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for lifelong
lifelong
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of lifelong
: continuing or lasting through a person's life
See the full definition for lifelong in the English Language Learners Dictionary
lifelong
adjective
life·long
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Kids Definition of lifelong
: continuing through life
a lifelong friendship
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