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long-term definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or extending over a relatively long time; "the long-run significance of the elections"; "the long- term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war"; "a long-term investment" [syn: long-run, long-term, semipermanent]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1904 1. occurring over or involving a relatively long period of time <seeking long-term solutions> 2. a. of, relating to, or constituting a financial operation or obligation based on a considerable term and especially one of more than 10 years <long-term bonds> b. generated by assets held for longer than six months <a long-term capital gain>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(longer-term) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that is long-term has continued for a long time or will continue for a long time in the future. A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected... The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud. ? short-term ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. When you talk about what happens in the long term, you are talking about what happens over a long period of time, either in the future or after a particular event. In the long term the company hopes to open in Moscow and other major cities... Over the long term, such measures may only make the underlying situation worse. N-SING: the N