Meanings
adjectivelife-long (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of lifelong.
One theme of the conference was Organising the Railway as a Business, and Fred Margetts, the chief regional manager of the North Eastern Region and a life-long railwayman, was given the task of taking the lead.
2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 38
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
- Proto-Germanic*lībaną
- Proto-Germanic*lībą
- Proto-West Germanic*līb
- Old Englishlīf
- Middle Englishlyf
- Englishlife
- Englishlife-long
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APA
life-long. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life-long
MLA
“life-long.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life-long. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life-long,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life-long.
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