longevity

Pronunciation: /lɑnˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ti/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun duration of service
  2. noun the property of being long-lived

Etymology

Early 17th century, learned borrowing from Latin longaevitās, from longaevus (“ancient, aged”) + -itās. The first part is related to English long and this association led to the alternative pronunciation with /ŋ/.

In classic literature

Synonyms

length of service

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
longness

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