"midlife" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-midlife.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: mid- + life Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mid|life}} mid- + life Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} midlife (not comparable)
  1. Occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: midlife crisis Translations (Occurring in the middle point of one's life): keski-iän (Finnish), paruh baya (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-midlife-en-adj-4KAHmfrQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mid-life

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-midlife.wav [Southern-England] Forms: midlives [plural]
Etymology: mid- + life Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mid|life}} mid- + life Head templates: {{en-noun|midlives}} midlife (plural midlives)
  1. The middle period of one's life. Categories (topical): Age Related terms: mid-life crisis
    Sense id: en-midlife-en-noun-B5xUheSF Disambiguation of Age: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mid- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mid-: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mid-life

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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