long-term

See also: longterm and long term

English

Alternative forms

long term
longterm

Adjective

long-term (comparative longer-term, superlative longest-term)

Becoming evident after a relatively long time period.
- 2010, Bush, George W., Decision Points‎, →ISBN, OCLC 1089496474, OL 24416755M, page 429:
  Time will tell what the long-term impact of the Beijing Olympics will be. But history shows that once people get a taste of freedom, they eventually want more.
- 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist, United States: Sigma Xi, ISSN 0003-0996, OCLC 645082957:
  Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.
Extending over a relatively long time period.
- 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist, United States: Sigma Xi, ISSN 0003-0996, OCLC 645082957:
  Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 1261299044, PC, scene: Nexus:
  Asari Cultural VI: Due to our lifespan-sometimes reaching 1,000 years of age-we are patient in our decisions, and prefer long-term solutions over short-term gains.
- 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:
  Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."

Antonyms

short-term

Derived terms

long-termness

Translations

becoming evident after a relatively long time period

Armenian: երկարաժամկետ (hy) (erkaražamket)
Danish: langtids-
Finnish: pitkän aikavälin
French: à long terme (fr)
Galician: a longo prazo
German: Langzeit- (de)
Greek: μακροπρόθεσμος (el) (makropróthesmos)
Maori: pae tawhiti
Portuguese: a longo prazo
Serbo-Croatian: dugoročan (sh)
Spanish: a largo plazo
Swedish: långtids-
Turkish: uzun vadeli

extending over a relatively long time period

Armenian: երկարաժամկետ (hy) (erkaražamket)
Bulgarian: дългосрочен (bg) (dǎlgosročen)
Catalan: a llarg termini
Chinese:
Mandarin: 長期／长期 (zh) (chángqī)
Czech: dlouhodobý (cs)
Danish: långvarig, långsiktig
Dutch: langdurig (nl), langlopend (nl)
Finnish: pitkän aikavälin, pitkäaikainen (fi), pitkäaikais-, pitkäjänteinen, pitkäkestoinen
French: à long terme (fr)
Galician: a longo prazo
German: langfristig (de), langanhaltend
Greek: μακροπρόθεσμος (el) (makropróthesmos)
Indonesian: jangka panjang (id)
Italian: a lungo termine
Japanese: 長期の (ja) (chōki no)
Maori: tūroa
Portuguese: duradouro (pt), a longo prazo
Russian: долгосро́чный (ru) (dolgosróčnyj), дли́тельный (ru) (dlítelʹnyj), долговре́менный (ru) (dolgovrémennyj)
Serbo-Croatian: dugoročan (sh), dugotrajan (sh)
Spanish: a largo plazo, de larga duración, duradero (es), prolongado (es)
Swedish: långvarig (sv), långsiktig (sv)
Turkish: etraflıca (tr)