noun
Meaning 1
The main occupation or vocation of a person's life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lifework
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Meaning 2
the principal work of your career
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: career, calling, vocation
History
Etymology
From life + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Lieuwendswierk, West Frisian libbenswurk, Dutch levenswerk, German Low German Levenswark, German Lebenswerk, Danish livsværk, Swedish livsverk.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 一生的工作 (yīshēng de gōngzuò) — main occupation of one's life
- Chinese Mandarin: 畢生的事業 /毕生的事业 (bìshēng de shìyè) — main occupation of one's life
- Dutch: levenswerk — main occupation of one's life
- Finnish: elämäntyö — main occupation of one's life
- German: Lebenswerk — main occupation of one's life
- Japanese: ライフワーク (raifuwāku) — main occupation of one's life
- Polish: dorobek życia — main occupation of one's life
- Polish: praca życia — main occupation of one's life
- Polish: cel życia — main occupation of one's life
- Russian: де́ло всей жи́зни (délo vsej žízni) — main occupation of one's life
- Swedish: livsverk — main occupation of one's life