lifework
noun[U]
US(alsolife work)uk/laɪfˈwɜːk/us/laɪfˈwɝːk/Yourlifework is theworkthat is mostimportantto you and to which you give a lot oftimeandeffort:
Hergardenwas her lifework.
Theenvironmentalistwashonoredfor herlifeworkin aspecialceremony.
Synonym
life's work
- Whatinfluencesledtoyourchoiceofactingasyourlifework?
- Thiscaveis thecenterpieceof the couple's lifework tosavecaveecosystemsin theregion.
- As aleadingforceforcivilrightsandcivilliberties, and expander ofdemocracy, his lifework willinspirepoliticalactivitists for alongtime.
Work, working and the workplace
- act assomething
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- grind
- hoop
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- in the line of dutyidiom
- induction
- industry
- moonlight
- slave
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- subtask
- sweat