Lifelong education means perpetual retraining.
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Lifelong
//ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ//
Synonyms for "lifelong" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived from
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- доживотен adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
- пожизнен adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Catalan
1 entries- vitalici adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Czech
1 entries- celoživotní adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Danish
2 entries- livslang adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
- livsvarig adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Dutch
1 entries- levenslang adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Esperanto
1 entries- dumviva adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
German
1 entries- lebenslang adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Hindi
1 entries- आजीवन adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Hungarian
3 entries- egész életen át tartó adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
- életfogytig tartó adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
- élethosszig tartó adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Italian
2 entries- da sempre adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
- da una vita adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Japanese
1 entries- 生涯 adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Malay
1 entries- sepanjang hidup adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Māori
1 entries- taumano adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Polish
1 entries- dożywotni adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Portuguese
1 entries- vitalício adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Russian
1 entries- пожизненный adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fad-shaoghalach adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Spanish
2 entries- de toda la vida adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
- vitalicio adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Swedish
1 entries- livslång adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дові́чний adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Welsh
1 entries- oes adj (extending for the entire duration of life)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I like to do oil painting, but I don't intend to make that my lifelong occupation.
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Working in the Kremlin has been my lifelong dream.
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Going to Boston was Tom's lifelong dream.
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