lifelong dream
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3.4
- noun
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sueño de toda la vida
- It's like a lifelong dream for me to actually work with Michael.
- fulfill a lifelong dream
- realize a lifelong dream
- achieve a lifelong dream
This was my lifelong dream, I hope you guys enjoyed it.
- This was my lifelong dream, I hope you guys enjoyed it.
- And I just found something that has been a lifelong dream for me since I was a little kid.
- One, he's afraid to rat on the Russians because he has a lifelong dream of continuing to live.
Examples
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At the age of 50, my mom realized a lifelong dream and went to school to get her RN degree.
Blog text (15) -
Yeah, it's always been a lifelong dream of mine to have my own club.
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So this has been a lifelong dream of yours.
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And I just found something that has been a lifelong dream for me since I was a little kid.
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It's been a lifelong dream of mine.
Fiction book (2000) -
I work now as a new film writer, a career late in coming but one that's been my lifelong dream.
Blog text (9) -
At 59, she began spending part of her summers studying in France, realizing a lifelong dream.
Fiction book (2002) -
My favorite comic has always been X-Men, and my lifelong dream is to be an X-Men writer.
Blog text (19) -
Participating in a safari has been a lifelong dream for me—more so since I took up photography seriously.
Academic text (2003) -
She has always dreamed of traveling the world; it has been her lifelong dream since childhood.
Synonyms
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1.0
A hope or plan you strongly want to happen
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an aspiration held for most or all of one's life' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'lifelong' (lasting one's whole life) with 'dream' (an aspiration). This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Lifelong dream paints the image of a wish someone carries through all their years: lifelong means 'for a whole life' and dream means 'a wish or goal'. So it means 'an aim someone wants for most or all of their life'.