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[ lahyf-wurk ] / ˈlaɪfˈwɜrk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lifework ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime. Origin of lifeworkFirst recorded in 1870–75; life + work Words nearby lifeworklife table, life-threatening, lifetime, life vest, lifeway, lifework, life zone, Liffey, Lifford, LIFO, Li-Fraumeni cancer syndrome Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lifeworkIn 1966, George E. Vaillant, a 32 year-old psychiatrist, was put in charge of the study, and it became his lifework. What Harvard’s Grant Study Reveals about Happiness and Life|Dan Slater|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST If these things were not indispensable for a fair conception of his lifework, I should certainly not have dwelt on them. Ludvig Holberg, The Founder of Norwegian Literature and an Oxford Student|Simon Christian Hammer My lifework has not been in my foundry, nor in my town, nor in my church—but in my heart, this guilty heart of mine. St. Cuthbert's|Robert E. Knowles I may as well add a few more such extracts, as strictly within the text of "My Lifework." My Life as an Author|Martin Farquhar Tupper
If a man hates his lifework, he is very likely to hate his life. The Measure of a Man|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr What was the lifework he was raised up to do, and how did he do it? My Life as an Author|Martin Farquhar Tupper
Words related to lifeworkbusiness, career, purpose, work, profession, mission, pursuit, interest, vocation, occupation |