Long-lived definition

lônglīvd, -lĭvd, lŏng-
Having a long life.

A long-lived aunt.

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Lasting a long time; persistent.

A long-lived rumor.

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Functioning a long time; durable.

A long-lived light bulb.

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Having or tending to have a long life span or existence.
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The definition of long lived is something that goes on or persists for an extended period of time.

An example of a long lived thought is something you believe for years and years.

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Alternative form of long-lived.
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Having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time.
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Origin of long-lived

  • Middle English long-lifed long long long1 life life life -ed having –ed3

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Long-lived Sentence Examples

  • The insect showed the phenomenon of long-lived luminescence.

  • The second settlement made by his expedition at Buenos Aires was even less successful and long-lived than the first.

  • An English clergyman named William Jackson, a man of infamous notoriety who had long lived in France, where he had imbibed revolutionary opinions, came to Ireland to nogotiate between the French committee of public safety and the United Irishmen.

  • The hen is still more soberly attired; but it is perhaps the siskin's disposition to familiarity that makes it so favourite a captive, and, 'though as a cage-bird it is not ordinarily long-lived, it readily adapts itself to the loss of liberty.

  • It was declared that he had long lived in England, and in only one case (1896) had he been able to vote for a presidential candidate.

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