"lifework" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "life + work",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Lieuwendswierk"
      },
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "levenswerk"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch levenswerk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Levenswark"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Levenswark",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Lebenswerk"
      },
      "expansion": "German Lebenswerk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "livsværk"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish livsværk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "livsverk"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish livsverk",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From life + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Lieuwendswierk, West Frisian libbenswurk, Dutch levenswerk, German Low German Levenswark, German Lebenswerk, Danish livsværk, Swedish livsverk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lifeworks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "lifework (plural lifeworks)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The main occupation or vocation of a person's life."
      ],
      "id": "en-lifework-en-noun-CJvBvj4V",
      "links": [
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "vocation",
          "vocation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "life's work"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīshēng de gōngzuò",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "word": "一生的工作"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "word": "畢生的事業"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bìshēng de shìyè",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "word": "毕生的事业"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "levenswerk"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "word": "elämäntyö"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Lebenswerk"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "raifuwāku",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "word": "ライフワーク"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "délo vsej žízni",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "де́ло всей жи́зни"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
          "word": "livsverk"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lifework"
}

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      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "Lieuwendswierk"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "libbenswurk"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "levenswerk"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch levenswerk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Levenswark"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Levenswark",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Lebenswerk"
      },
      "expansion": "German Lebenswerk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "livsværk"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish livsværk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "livsverk"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish livsverk",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From life + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Lieuwendswierk, West Frisian libbenswurk, Dutch levenswerk, German Low German Levenswark, German Lebenswerk, Danish livsværk, Swedish livsverk.",
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        "English nouns",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The main occupation or vocation of a person's life."
      ],
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        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "vocation",
          "vocation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "life's work"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīshēng de gōngzuò",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "word": "一生的工作"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "word": "畢生的事業"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìshēng de shìyè",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "word": "毕生的事业"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "levenswerk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "word": "elämäntyö"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lebenswerk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "raifuwāku",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "word": "ライフワーク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "délo vsej žízni",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "де́ло всей жи́зни"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "main occupation of one's life",
      "word": "livsverk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lifework"
}