noun
longevity
lon-JEHV-ih-tee
noun
1
The quality of living or lasting for a long time.
"A healthy diet and regular exercise are linked to greater longevity."
"The company's longevity in a competitive market says a lot about its management."
How to Use Longevity
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishLong life, or the ability of something to last a long time.
Common pairings
increase longevity
career longevity
longevity of the brand
Word Forms
longevities plural
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Etymology
A 17th-century learned borrowing from Latin longaevitas, from longaevus ("long-lived"), built from longus ("long") and aevum ("age, lifetime").