life-changing

See also: lifechanging

English

Alternative forms

lifechanging

Etymology

life +‎ changing

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪfˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/
Audio (Mid-Atlantic) (file)

Adjective

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

Having a significant effect on the course of one's life.
My trek across the Amazon was a life-changing event.
- 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

Translations

Finnish: elämän muuttava
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.

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