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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

life-altering

What does 'life-altering' mean?

He made a life-altering decision.

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Alter=change He made a decision that changed his life. If I decide to have pizza instead of my usual order of pasta at my local Italian restaurant one night, it is hardly a lift-altering decision. If I decide to sell my house and become a missionary in Africa, I have made a life-altering decison.

— BarbaraPA

  • Alter=change He made a decision that changed his life.
  • If I decide to have pizza instead of my usual order of pasta at my local Italian restaurant one night, it is hardly a lift-altering decision.
  • If I decide to sell my house and become a missionary in Africa, I have made a life-altering decison.
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Alter=change

He made a decision that changed his life.

If I decide to have pizza instead of my usual order of pasta at my local Italian restaurant one night, it is hardly a lift-altering decision. If I decide to sell my house and become a missionary in Africa, I have made a life-altering decison.
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