Vocabulary

[apparrode]

- I don´t really understand the words lifelong and long-term well, especially long-term.

For example, when I say sb is a lifelong friend, do I mean :

a) This person has always been my friends, all through my life ?
b) This person will always be my friend?
(In other word, does it concert past, future or both?)

- What about long-term? I only found examples such as "long-term effects, employment", but I can´t make up sentences. Can you give me at least three different examples?

Thanks,

 

[RonBee]

Someone who is a lifelong friend has been your friend all your life.

Long-term is a relative term, but it generally implies a duration of time measured in years.

Welcome to our friendly forum.

:hi:

 

[apparrode]

Someone who is a lifelong friend has been your friend all your life.

Long-term is a relative term, but it generally implies a duration of time measured in years.

Welcome to our friendly forum.

:hi:

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And when I say: "I hope he is a lifelong husband"? Does it mean that I want to remain married to him all my life?

- Could you please give me some examples of long-term?

 

[RonBee]

Someone who is a lifelong friend has been your friend all your life.

Long-term is a relative term, but it generally implies a duration of time measured in years.

Welcome to our friendly forum.

:hi:

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And when I say: "I hope he is a lifelong husband"? Does it mean that I want to remain married to him all my life?

- Could you please give me some examples of long-term?

I don't think you can say lifelong husband. It's not possible to have been married to someone for your whole life.

long-term

• He made a long-term commitment. He signed a ten-year contract.

That's all I can think of right now. A Google search would probably yield quite a few examples.

 

[kain]

lifelong means "lasting the whole of a lifetime"

long-term refers to "the period of time continuing from now long into the future"

 

[RonBee]

lifelong means "lasting the whole of a lifetime"

long-term refers to "the period of time continuing from now long into the future"

That is true.