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I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.
Tom Hodgkinson

Meaning of "livelong" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIVELONG

livelong  [ˈlɪvˌlɒŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIVELONG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Livelong can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIVELONG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

livelong

Hylotelephium telephium

Hylotelephium telephium is succulent perennial groundcover of the family Crassulaceae native to Eurasia. The flowers are held in dense heads and can be reddish or yellowish-white. A number of cultivars, often with purplish leaves, are grown in gardens as well as hybrids between this species and the related Hylotelephium spectabile, especially the popular Sedum 'Herbstfreude'. Occasionally garden plants may escape and naturalise as has happened in parts of North America as wildflowers.

Definition of livelong in the English dictionary

The definition of livelong in the dictionary is long or seemingly long, esp in a tedious way. Other definition of livelong is whole; entire.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIVELONG


age-long
ˈeɪdʒˌlɒŋ
cacholong
ˈkætʃəˌlɒŋ
daylong
ˈdeɪˌlɒŋ
endlong
ˈɛndˌlɒŋ
flatlong
ˈflætˌlɒŋ
furlong
ˈfɜːˌlɒŋ
headlong
ˈhɛdˌlɒŋ
hourlong
ˈaʊəˌlɒŋ
lifelong
ˈlaɪfˌlɒŋ
monthlong
ˈmʌnθˌlɒŋ
nightlong
ˈnaɪtˌlɒŋ
oblong
ˈɒbˌlɒŋ
oolong
ˈuːˌlɒŋ
passalong
ˈpɑːsəˌlɒŋ
sidelong
ˈsaɪdˌlɒŋ
sing-along
ˈsɪŋəˌlɒŋ
summer-long
ˈsʌmərˌlɒŋ
tagalong
ˈtæɡəˌlɒŋ
weeklong
ˈwiːkˌlɒŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIVELONG

liveblog
lived-in
livedo
livelier
liveliest
livelihead
livelihood
livelily
liveliness
livelod
livelood
lively
liven
livener
liveness
liver
liver complaint
liver extract
liver fluke
liver of sulphur

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIVELONG

all along
as broad as it is long
before long
belong
come along
erelong
Geelong
get along
go along
klong
long
play along
prolong
push along
run along
schlong
Shillong
sing along
so long
string along

Synonyms and antonyms of livelong in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIVELONG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «livelong» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of livelong

Translation of «livelong» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIVELONG

Find out the translation of livelong to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of livelong from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «livelong» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

悠长的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

livelong
570 millions of speakers

English

livelong
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Livelong
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

livelong
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деньской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

livelong
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দির্ঘজীবি হও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

livelong
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lieben langen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

livelong
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

livelong
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Livelong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suốt đêm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

livelong
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लांब राहतात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uzun yaşamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

livelong
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Livelong
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

деньской
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trainic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισόβιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

godganse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livelong
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

livelong
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of livelong

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVELONG»

The term «livelong» is regularly used and occupies the 80.197 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVELONG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about livelong

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QUOTES WITH «LIVELONG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word livelong.
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Tom Hodgkinson
I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIVELONG»

Discover the use of livelong in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to livelong and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
All the livelong day: the meaning and demeaning of routine work
"Ranks with some of the best work ever done on labor in the United States."-The Village Voice.
Barbara Garson, 1994
2
"To Toil the Livelong Day": America's Women at Work, 1780-1980
Essays discuss housewives, shoemakers, labor movements, slavery, farmers, strikes, domestic workers, and changes in women's work over the past two centuries.
Carol Groneman, Mary Beth Norton, 1987
3
The Festival of spring from the diván of Jeláleddin: with an ...
Slekp not, O Thought, my Guest — the livelong Night ! I bring thee Friendship's best — the livelong Night ! Thou, like an Angel's Breath, from Heaven hast come, To heal me while I rest — the livelong Night ! Banish dull Slumber, let Heaven's ...
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), 1903
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The Festival of Spring
SLEEP not, O Thought, my Guest — the livelong Night ! I bring thee Friendship's best — the livelong Night ! Thou, like an Angel's Breath, from Heaven hast come, To heal me while I rest — the livelong Night ! Banish dull Slumber, let Heaven's ...
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), William Hastie, 1903
5
Daughters of Caliban: Caribbean Women in the Twentieth Century
WE. TOIL. ALL. THE. LIVELONG. DAY. Women. in. the. English-Speaking. Caribbean. MARY JOHNSON OSIRIM LIKE THEIR West African sisters, women of African descent in the English- speaking Caribbean have historically been involved ...
Consuelo López Springfield, 1997
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Transactions of the Philological Society: 1862/63
I am inclined to think that the adjective live-long, as in livelong day, livelong night, livelong monument, &c., contains the adverbial suffix —l0ng. Our Lexicographers explain it as life (subst.)+lon_g' (adj.), but when we employ the words ly"e-long ...
Philological Society (London), 1862
7
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
178 TRIOLET The bees are glad the livelong day, For lilacs in their beauty blow And make my garden glad and gay. The bees are glad the livelong day, They to my blossoms wing their way, And honey steal from flowers aglow. The bees are ...
Daniel Jones, 2003
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Good Word Guide: The Fast Way to Correct English - Spelling, ...
The most frequent pronunciation in British English is as in left, in nautical contexts the pronunciation is as in let, and in American English, the pronunciation is as in loot. lifelong or livelong? The adjective life- long means `lasting or continuing ...
Martin Manser, 2011
9
Down the Up Escalator: How the 99 Percent Live in the Great ...
This is no way to run an economy, or a democracy.
Barbara Garson, 2013
10
Selected Poems
Contributing to our understanding of Ovid, Milton, and more broadly the transmission and transformation of classical traditions, this book examines the ways in which Milton drew on Ovid's oeuvre, and argues that Ovid's revision of the past ...
John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, Maggie Kilgour, Paul Davis, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIVELONG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term livelong is used in the context of the following news items.
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What Do All The Face Emoji Mean? Your Guide To 10 Of The Most …
I could text peace signs and exploding hearts and angry cats all the livelong day, but Smooching Face? How? Why? Which version of Smiling Face do I even ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
2
Get Out! July/August 2015
... special guests (Sappho fills in now and then). Jens Irish serves you happy hour all the livelong night. 7pm-11pm, Vault, 226 NW Twelfth. «PQ Monthly, Jul 15»
3
Xcar takes us to Driftland, UK
But instead it's where you can expect to find a variety of modified BMWs and Nissans sliding sideways all the livelong day. Driftland forms part ... «Autoblog, Jul 15»
4
New Zealand Bans Trolling
... death threats or doxxing people or engaging in other criminal behavior, they should be able to make fools of themselves all the livelong day. «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
5
junior rangers take home conservation message
... a taste of all aspects of the National Wildlife Centre north of Masterton and is designed to inspire a livelong commitment to conservation. «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
6
Sadie J. Dworak
She attended Perth Central School and was a livelong area resident. Mrs. Dworak was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Stanislaus ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»
7
20 TV marathons for July 4th weekend
Fourth of July weekend is prime time to get some sun, take in a fireworks show or three, and barbecue all the livelong day. But in case you want ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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Even Dolphins Hate People from California
Orange County is not far from SeaWorld, where dolphins are trained to be groped by human hands all the livelong day. The husband of the ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
9
The Pope's Solution for Warming: Pray
... about which he seems so ambivalent (at best), does every livelong day. Last year the 20 biggest economies produced 3.3% growth with zero ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
10
How Does The New Fifty Shades Of Grey Book End Compared To …
The man is in pain (and I am sure so was Ana after he striped up her back-side all the livelong day). Grey is very possessive and obsessive about Ana, her safety ... «Bustle, Jun 15»

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