lifelong learning
The continuous process of gaining knowledge and skills throughout life, not only during school or university.
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IELTS use
Use this phrase in essays about adult education, online learning, career changes, technological change, and personal development.
Examples
- In a rapidly changing job market, lifelong learning has become essential.
- Governments should encourage lifelong learning by providing affordable courses for adults.
Collocations
- promote lifelong learning
- Public libraries can promote lifelong learning in local communities.
- a culture of lifelong learning
- Companies benefit from creating a culture of lifelong learning.
Word family
- Noun
- learning
- Verb
- learn
- Adjective
- lifelong
- Adverb
- continuously
Paraphrases
- continuous education: Often used in formal contexts.
- ongoing learning: A natural general alternative.
Common mistakes
- life long learning to lifelong learning. Lifelong is normally written as one word when used as an adjective.