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Definition of "lifelong" []

  • Continuing for a lifetime. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lifelong" in a sentence
  • "Atlanta is creating what it calls "lifelong communities.""
  • "In it Haggard admits to what he called a lifelong sexual problem."
  • "Patrick Malarkey, of the Christian Homophobia Coalition, organized protests at the meeting in Houston against the abandonment of what he described as a lifelong dream."