long-awaited

English

Adjective

long-awaited (comparative more long-awaited, superlative most long-awaited)

1. having been awaited for a long time
   • 2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 42:

     The recent announcement of £395 million of Scottish and UK Government funding for the 'Borderlands' growth deal [...] has brought with it a pledge of £10 million to fund the long-awaited feasibility study into extending the Borders Railway through to Carlisle.

Translations

having been awaited for a long time

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 望眼欲穿的 (zh) (wàngyǎnyùchuān de), 期待已久的 (qídàiyǐjiǔ de)

• French: tant attendu
• German: lang erwartet, langersehnt
• Hungarian: várva várt, régóta várt
• Italian: attesissimo
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• Macedonian: долгоочекуван (dolgoočekuvan)
• Polish: długo oczekiwany
• Russian: долгожда́нный (ru) (dolgoždánnyj)
• Spanish: largamente esperado m
• Ukrainian: довгоочі́куваний (dovhoočíkuvanyj), довгожда́ний (dovhoždányj)

References

• “long-awaited”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.