- long-run
- long-run long-run adj.
1. relating to or extending over a relatively long time; as,
the long-run significance of the elections.
Syn: long-term. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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long run — noun a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out in the long run we will win in the long run we will all be dead he performed well over the long haul • Syn: ↑long haul • Hypernyms: ↑time period, ↑perio … Useful english dictionary
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