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short-lived

short-lived
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shawrt lahyvd, livd]
    • /ʃɔrt laɪvd, lɪvd/
    • /ʃɔːt lɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shawrt lahyvd, livd]
    • /ʃɔrt laɪvd, lɪvd/

Definitions of short-lived word

  • adjective short-lived living or lasting only a little while. 1
  • adjective short-lived brief 1
  • adjective short-lived Something that is short-lived does not last very long. 0
  • adjective short-lived living or lasting only for a short time 0
  • adjective short-lived having or tending to have a short life span or existence 0

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Origin of short-lived

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Short-lived

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

short-lived popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for short-lived

adj short-lived

  • ad interim — for the meantime; for the present
  • alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
  • band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
  • barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
  • curtate — shortened

adjective short-lived

  • decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
  • ephemeral — An ephemeral plant.
  • evanescent — Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
  • fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
  • whirlwind — any of several relatively small masses of air rotating rapidly around a more or less vertical axis and advancing simultaneously over land or sea, as a dust devil, tornado, or waterspout.

Antonyms for short-lived

adj short-lived

  • hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
  • inexpungible — that cannot be expunged, erased, or obliterated; inextirpable.
  • inveterate — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
  • lasting — continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
  • lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.

adjective short-lived

  • enduring — Continuing or long-lasting.

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