lifestyle (ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl
)
Definitions
noun
- a set of attitudes, habits, or possessions associated with a particular person or group
- such attitudes, etc, regarded as fashionable or desirable
- New Zealand
- a luxurious semirural manner of living
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a lifestyle property
adjective
- suggestive of a fashionable or desirable lifestyle ⇒
a lifestyle café
- (of a drug) designed to treat problems, such as impotence or excess weight, which affect a person's quality of life rather than his or her health
Translations
- British English:
lifestyle
Your lifestyle is the way you live, for example the things you normally do.They enjoyed a lifestyle that many people would envy.ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl NOUN They enjoyed a lifestyle that many people would envy.
- Spanish:
estilo de vida
nm
- French:
mode de vie
nm
- German:
Lebensstil
nm
- Chinese: 生活方式 n
- Arabic: نَـمَطُ الْـحَيَاةِ n
- Portuguese: estilo de vida nm
- Russian: стиль жизни nm
- Croatian: stil življenja nm
- Czech: životní styl nm
- Danish: livsstil nutr
- Dutch: lifestyle nm
- Finnish: elämäntapa n
- Greek: τρόπος ζωής nm
- Italian: stile di vita nm
- Japanese: ライフスタイル n
- Korean: 사는 양식 n
- Norwegian: livsstil nm
- Polish: styl życia nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: estilo de vida nm
- European Spanish:
estilo de vida
nm
- Swedish: livsstil nutr
- Thai: วิถีทางการดำเนินชีวิต n
- Turkish: yaşam biçimi n
- Vietnamese: lối sống n
Usage examples
She wasn't even sure any more that she was still enjoying the frenetic lifestyle in which up to now she had revelled.
, HIDING FROM THE LIGHT (2002)The Italians are essentially an urban people, for whom'civilisation ' means, literally, a cultured, city lifestyle.
Country Life (2004)By no yardstick could that statement be described as just an account of an "extravagant lifestyle ".
Irish Times (2002)With lifestyle advertising all around, promising a better future, it is sometimes hard to keep your feet on the ground.
Glasgow Herald (2001)You might know that it is time for them to learn unaided some lesson about their lifestyle or past follies.
, A WITCH ALONE (2002)