Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Involving, maturing after, or being in effect for a long time.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective same as long-run.

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  • adjective extending over a relatively long time period

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or extending over a relatively long time

Etymologies

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long + term

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Examples

  • Chris Ashton signs long-term deal with Saracens Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract" Serena Williams eases past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Serena Williams was never built to be a ballerina and tumbled to the court to emphasise the point during her 6-0,6-4 second round win over...

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Chris Ashton signs long-term deal with Saracens Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract" Serena Williams eases past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Serena Williams was never built to be a ballerina and tumbled to the court to emphasise the point during her 6-0,6-4 second round win over...

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Chris Ashton signs long-term deal with Saracens Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract" Serena Williams eases past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Serena Williams was never built to be a ballerina and tumbled to the court to emphasise the point during her 6-0,6-4 second round win over...

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Chris Ashton signs long-term deal with Saracens Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract" Serena Williams eases past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Serena Williams was never built to be a ballerina and tumbled to the court to emphasise the point during her 6-0,6-4 second round win over...

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Chris Ashton signs long-term deal with Saracens Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract" Serena Williams eases past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Serena Williams was never built to be a ballerina and tumbled to the court to emphasise the point during her 6-0,6-4 second round win over...

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Chris Ashton signs long-term deal with Saracens Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract" Serena Williams eases past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Serena Williams was never built to be a ballerina and tumbled to the court to emphasise the point during her 6-0,6-4 second round win over...

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Instead, the violence arises out of what he calls long-term structural problems around getting people to invest in "normative societal values."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • This was back in the '80s and '90s when the phrase "long-term AIDS survivor" was still a dream.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract".

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Chris Ashton signs long-term deal with Saracens Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract" Serena Williams eases past Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Serena Williams was never built to be a ballerina and tumbled to the court to emphasise the point during her 6-0,6-4 second round win over...

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

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