I would love to meet a philosopher like Nietzsche on a train or boat and to talk with him all night. Incidentally, I don't consider his philosophy long-lived. It is not so much persuasive as full of bravura.
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Long-lived
//ˈlɒŋˈlɪvd//
Synonyms for "long-lived" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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1 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μακρόβιος adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- πολυχρόνιος adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Belarusian
2 entries- даўгавечны adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- шматгадовы adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дълголетен adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Catalan
1 entries- longeu adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 長命 /长命 adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 長壽 /长寿 adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Czech
1 entries- dlouhověký adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Finnish
1 entries- pitkäikäinen adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
French
1 entries- longévif adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Galician
1 entries- lonxevo adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
German
1 entries- langlebig adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Hindi
1 entries- आयुष्मान adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Icelandic
1 entries- langlífur adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Irish
3 entries- cianaosta adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- saolach adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- saolmhar adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Italian
1 entries- longevo adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Latin
2 entries- longivivax adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- vivax adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Old English
1 entries- langlīfe adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Polish
1 entries- długowieczny adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Portuguese
2 entries- duradouro adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- longevo adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Russian
2 entries- долгове́чный adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- долголе́тний adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दिर्घायु adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- buan adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- maireannach adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dȕgovečan adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- dȕgovječan adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- ду̏говечан adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
- ду̏говјечан adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Spanish
1 entries- longevo adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pärkre-śaul adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Ukrainian
1 entries- довгові́чний adj (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Humans are adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere at a rate far greater than it is removed by natural processes, creating a long-lived reservoir of the gas in the atmosphere and oceans that is driving the climate to a warmer and warmer state.
Source: tatoeba (7523602)
In the field of astronomy, there are researchers who postulate that a long-lived spacefaring civilization would be post-biological. Perhaps, in such a scenario, the biological precursors would be relegated to live just on the home world. For us humans, we question whether our bodies would be too fragile for deep space, and maybe we would leave deep space for our machine children with intellect.
Source: tatoeba (11665512)
The Ottomans brought the long-lived Byzantine Empire to its end.
Source: tatoeba (12056802)
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