life-changing
adj/ˈlaɪfˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/
Etymology From life + changing.
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Having a significant effect on the course of one's life.
- My trek across the Amazon was a life-changing event.
- Those people who eventually become millionaires typically don't get there through sheer luck or by making one life-changing investment.2017 May 16, Maurie Backman, “Here's how to become a millionaire on $56,000 a year”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2025:
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Euphemistic Causing disability.
- With this understanding, zero preventable deaths and life-changing injuries becomes more than a vision, but instead a realistically ambitious goal.2018 July 16, Michèle Pezzagno, Maurizio Tira, Town and Infrastructure Planning for Safety and Urban Quality: Proceedings of the XXIII International Conference on Living and Walking in Cities (LWC 2017), June 15-16, 2017, Brescia, Italy, CRC Press, →ISBN:
- 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.2020 May 6, Paul Stephen, “Britain's bravest thinks big”, in Rail, page 62:
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- Next came his second life-changing accident. In 1993, while competing in the Orange County Triathlon, he was hit by a van while doing the bike portion of the race. This accident resulted in Jim being a quadriplegic.2020, Lisa Head, Got Inspiration?: Another 365 Daily Doses of Inspiration for You!, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN, page 42:
- Derived terms
- life-changingly, wife-changing
- Related terms
- life change