lifestyle

UK/ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/US/ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/

nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,741 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: lifestyles

A lifestyle is the way somebody chooses to live day to day. A healthy lifestyle, lifestyle changes, an expensive lifestyle.

In medicine, lifestyle changes means diet, exercise, drink and smoking, and it is the phrase doctors use before recommending something hard. The word can carry a quiet accusation, since it says a way of living was chosen rather than inherited.

Definitions of lifestyle

1nounlifestyleThe way somebody chooses to live day to day.B1+
“Moving to the countryside gave them a slower, healthier lifestyle.”

lifestyle is a way of living.

Where it comes from

From life + style.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

lifestyle in the wild

People may choose a swinging lifestyle for a variety of reasons.
Swinging (sexual practice)
The swingers community sometimes refers to itself as "the lifestyle", or as "the alternative lifestyle".
Swinging (sexual practice)
The broader sense of lifestyle as a "way or style of living" has been documented since 1961.
Lifestyle
For example, in areas near the sea, a surf culture or lifestyle can often be present.
Lifestyle
The channel primarily broadcasts non-fiction content covering contemporary lifestyle interests including food and wine, home and garden, real estate, shopping, travel, leisure, and real life drama.
Lifestyle (Australian TV channel)

1 / 2

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

← Vocabulary