longevity
pronunciation
How to pronounce longevity in British English:
UK [lɒnˈdʒevəti]
How to pronounce longevity in American English:
US [lɔːnˈdʒevəti]
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- Noun:
- duration of service
- the property of being long-lived
Word Origin
- longevity (n.)
- 1610s, from Late Latin longaevitatem (nominative longaevitas) "great age, long life," from Latin longaevus "long-lived," from longus (see long (adj.)) + aevum "lifetime, age" (see eon).
Example
- 1. Increased human longevity is otherwise hardly a bad thing .
- 2. So , what 's her secret to longevity ?
- 3. But I don 't want it seriously to curtail my longevity .
- 4. Legal personhood gave western firms longevity .
- 5. Those numbers are based on only a five-year longevity advantage .