lifer
lifer
Definition
lifer (līf′ər)
noun
- a person sentenced to imprisonment for life
- a person whose working life is spent in one occupation or profession, esp. in the armed forces
lifer
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: Not bad - 10 species of birds, including 6 lifers in a hotel garden in the heart of Tokyo.
- get: I've done most Med countries so getting many lifers was looking bleak.
- see: I make no apologies for stating that the main priority for me on these trips is to see lifers.
- have: In 3 hours I had nearly 50 lifers, Baba finding birds very efficiently.
- produce: The trails produced many lifers, especially when we watched an ant swarm for more than one hour.
- add: Continuing or way along the network of tracks between lakes and pools we continued to add both lifers and new trip birds.
Adjective modifier
- mandatory: The parole board decides on further applications and all mandatory lifers who are released are on a life license and subject to recall.
- first: First lifer of the trip, from the aircraft steps, was Red-winged Starling perched on the terminal roof.
- few: We spent the whole morning on the tracks in this superb forest and noted many birds and of course a few lifers.
- more: One more lifer along the road: Abdim's Stork.
- only: Star bird of the holiday, and my only lifer was also seen here, ie Barbary Falcon.
- new: Despite that I saw 7 new lifers over here.
Modifies a noun
- population: The lifer population was three times more than the country with the next highest figure, Turkey, which had 1,746 lifers.
- panel: The team also provides representation at adjudication hearings and lifer panels.
- prisoner: For the first time, workshops will also be run for lifer prisoners and their partners to look at coping with long-term separation.
- number: A Desert Cisticola perched up long enough for us to identify it, lifer number 14.
Preposition: in
- shape: It was a totally amazing and unexpected lifer in the shape of a Black Wheatear.
- form: From the Headland I quickly picked up lifers in the form of Pigeon Guillemot and Black Oystercatcher.
Preposition: of
- trip: First lifer of the trip, from the aircraft steps, was Red-winged Starling perched on the terminal roof.
Preposition: for
- trip: Jonas lured out a Wing-banded Wren along the road, my last lifer for the trip.
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