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long-run

long-run

6 4.2
Happening over a long time, not just now
  • adjective
  • /lɔŋ rʌn/
translation icon : a largo plazo
  • Even dramatic perturbations will have little long-run impact if they elicit counteracting forces.
  • long-run price
  • long-run impact
  • long-run trend

Examples

  • However, for purposes of carbon policy, long-run trends are equally or more important.

    Academic text (1999)
  • But the choice between them can make a great deal of difference for long-run trends in poverty and inequality.

    Academic text (1997)
  • If the change is permanent, its long-run impact is...

    Academic text (2017)
  • Finally, we find mixed results on the long-run effects of housing prices experienced during childhood.

    Academic text (2017)
  • What are the short- and long-run implications if all nations were to achieve such a rate of growth?

    Academic text (1992)
  • But what effects have they had on the long-run coup vulnerability of Kenya?

    Academic text (2002)
  • Protection against long-run price increases is another reason frequently given for regulating energy markets.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In Friedman's judgment, these long-run consequences will occur two to five years after the initial effects.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The problem is that fulfilling the short-term objective intensifies the long-run dependency problem.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The project will yield significant benefits in the long-run, improving sustainability and efficiency.

Synonyms

long-term
vslong-run
502 3.0

Lasting for a long time

emphasizes contrast with immediate or short term situations
long-lasting
vslong-run
27 3.7

To stay the same or work well for a long time

focuses on duration compared with immediate or short term
long-range
vslong-run
22 4.6

For plans or actions that reach far into the future

concerns a long time span broadly, not only future planning or effects

Antonyms

27 4.1

Lasting for a short time, not long-term

How Long

permanent
650 3.2
long-run
6 4.2
long-term
502 3.0
short-term
225 3.3

Surface Forms

long-run positive

Morphology

long-run = long + run (transparent) = long + run

The adjective is a direct compound of 'long' + 'run' meaning 'over a long period', so the meaning is directly derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Long-run is made from long and run and is easy to picture: imagine a river that runs for a long time, and think about what happens over that long time. So, long-run means 'over a long period of time', not just the short-term.