long-termadjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/B2 continuing a long time into the future:
long-term unemployment
long-term care for the seriously ill
the long-term effects of the drug
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- It's too early to assess the long-term consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- We want long-term solutions, not short-term palliatives.
- Requited love is not enough to sustain a long-term relationship.
- What this country needs is a long-term policy for investment in science and technology.
- The long-term unemployed now constitute a sort of underclass.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lasting for a long time
- all-night
- ancient
- be going strong idiom
- changeless
- deep
- die hard idiom
- epic
- incorruptible
- languish
- lasting
- lengthy
- lingering
- marathon
- never-ending
- of old idiom
- old
- ongoing
- overlong
- strong
- sustainable
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