life-changing

See also: lifechanging

English

Alternative forms

• lifechanging

Etymology

From life +‎ changing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪfˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/

• Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):

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Adjective

life-changing (comparative more life-changing, superlative most life-changing)

1. Having a significant effect on the course of one's life.

   My trek across the Amazon was a life-changing event.

   • 2017 May 16, Maurie Backman, “Here's how to become a millionaire on $56,000 a year”, in CNN Money‎:

     Those people who eventually become millionaires typically don't get there through sheer luck or by making one life-changing investment.

   • 2020 May 6, Paul Stephen, “Britain's bravest thinks big”, in Rail, page 62:

     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.

Derived terms

• life-changingly

Translations

having a significant effect on the course of one's life

Finnish: elämän muuttava German: lebensverändernd Greek: καθοριστικός (el) (kathoristikós) Polish: zmieniający życie

References

• “life-changing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “life-changing”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.