life-changing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
- /ˈlaɪfˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/
Etymology
From life + changing.
Meanings
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Having a significant effect on the course of one's life.
My trek across the Amazon was a life-changing event.
Those people who eventually become millionaires typically don't get there through sheer luck or by making one life-changing investment.
2017 May 16, Maurie Backman, “Here's how to become a millionaire on $56,000 a year”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2025:
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(euphemistic) Causing disability.
His life-changing injuries gave him bleak chances of employment, and he was told that he was unable to have the operation he needed for his injured leg until he was 55 - a 15-year wait.
2020 May 6, Paul Stephen, “Britain's bravest thinks big”, in Rail, page 62:With this understanding, zero preventable deaths and life-changing injuries becomes more than a vision, but instead a realistically ambitious goal.
2018 July 16, Michèle Pezzagno, Maurizio Tira, Town and Infrastructure Planning for Safety and Urban Quality: Proceedings of the XXIII International Conference on Living and Walking in Cities (LWC 2017), June 15-16, 2017, Brescia, Italy, CRC Press, →ISBN:Next came his second life-changing accident. In 1993, while competing in the Orange County Triathlon, he was hit by a van while doing the bike portion of the race. This accident resulted in Jim being a quadriplegic.
2020, Lisa Head, Got Inspiration?: Another 365 Daily Doses of Inspiration for You!, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN, page 42:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most life-changing | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| lifechanging | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more life-changing | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
wife-changing · life-changingly
Relateds
Translations (6)
fr qui change la vie (having a significant effect on the course of one's life) · nl levensveranderend (having a significant effect on the course of one's life) · pl zmieniający życie (having a significant effect on the course of one's life) · de lebensverändernd (having a significant effect on the course of one's life) · el καθοριστικός (having a significant effect on the course of one's life) · fi elämän muuttava (having a significant effect on the course of one's life)