long-lived
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3.9
- adjective
- /lɔŋ lɪvd/
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longevo
- Some trees, like the bristlecone pine, are known for being long-lived and can last thousands of years.
- long-lived species
- long-lived plants
- long-lived animals
When I was in medical school years ago, Rich, I remember watching ATV show on long lived sea life.
- When I was in medical school years ago, Rich, I remember watching ATV show on long lived sea life.
- Not as radioactive as used fuel rods, and not as long lived, but you shouldn't eat it either.
- But for suitable choices, magnetic traps are very long lived.
- Some of the other hepatitis's are chronic and long lived.
Examples
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Up in the Zagros Mountains have long lived a people called the Kurds.
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Coral reef species targeted for commercial exploitation are mostly long-lived, slow-growing, site-attached, and characterized by sporadically successful recruitment.
Academic text (2004) -
But when you add in these long lived things, you get up to hundreds of thousands of years.
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The women in the House of Windsor have generally been long lived and the men not so much.
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But the one sort of common theme was that they had long lived relatives.
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And here this is part of a plaque on a long lived spacecraft.
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Studies then showed it to be a distinctive and long-lived feature of the gas giant.
Academic text (2000) -
To achieve the best prospects for a ripe old age, one should choose long-lived parents.
Academic text (1993) -
Tropical snappers in general are slow-growing, long-lived, and have low rates of natural mortality.
Academic text (1993) -
The tortoise is a long-lived species that can survive for over a hundred years.
Synonyms
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4.1
Continuing for a long time
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3.1
Continuing to be present or useful for a long time
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3.7
To stay the same or work well for a long time
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5.3
Continuing for a long time and often returning
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4.2
Continuing for a long time without fading
Antonyms
How Long
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3.2
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3.6
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3.9
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3.1
557
3.0
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word long-lived comes from two simple parts: long meaning 'for a long time' and live meaning 'to have life'. So a long-lived person or thing is one that lives or continues for a long time.