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Two examples and a definition are from dictionary.cambridge.org:
lifelong - lasting for the whole of a person's life:
a lifelong habit
It's understood that we don't state that this habit will be in the future, we say only about the past.
She was a lifelong member of the Labour party.
Suppose she is still alive now and in order to understand it clearly, replace "was" with "is":
She is a lifelong member of the Labour party.
What will it mean?:
(1) From the present point of time we can state that she is a member of the Labour party all or big part of her life.
(2) The party inscribed her in a special list that entitles her to remain a member of this party for the rest of her life.
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Two examples and a definition are from dictionary.cambridge.org:
lifelong - lasting for the whole of a person's life:
a lifelong habit
It's understood that we don't state that this habit will be in the future, we say only about the past.
She was a lifelong member of the Labour party.
Suppose she is still alive now and in order to understand it clearly, replace "was" with "is":
She is a lifelong member of the Labour party.
What will it mean?:
(1) From the present point of time we can state that she is a member of the Labour party all or big part of her life.
(2) The party inscribed her in a special list that entitles her to remain a member of this party for the rest of her life.
Thanks!