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mid·life

 (mĭd′līf′)
n. pl. mid·lives (-līvz′)

mid′life′ adj.
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midlife

(ˈmɪdˌlaɪf)
adj
of or relating to middle age; of the period of life between about 40 and 60
n
the period of life between about 40 and 60
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mid′dle age′


n.
the period of human life between youth and old age, usu. considered as the years between 45 and 65.
[1350–1400]
mid′dle-aged′ (eɪgd) adj.
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Translations

midlife

[ˈmɪdˌlaɪf] CPD midlife crisis Ncrisis f inv de los cuarenta
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

midlife

adj de mediana edad; n mediana edad
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