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English
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
in the long run
( idiomatic ) After a very long time; eventually ; over a long period of time; more generally.
1923 , John Maynard Keynes , chapter 3, in A Tract on Monetary Reform , page 80 :But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
1951 , Arthur C. Clarke , The Exploration of Space , p. 111:
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
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eventually
Catalan: a llarg termini
Danish: i det langa løb , på lang sigt , i den lange ende
Dutch: op den duur , op termijn , uiteindelijk (nl)
Finnish: ajan pitkään , ajan oloon , ajan mittaan , pidemmän päälle , pitkällä tähtäimellä
French: à terme (fr) , à long terme (fr) , à la longue (fr)
Galician: a longo prazo
German: auf lange Sicht , langfristig (de)
Icelandic: er til lengdar lætur , til lengdar , í lengdina , í lengd
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Italian: alla fin fine (it) , alla lunga , a lungo andare
Korean: 결국에는 ( gyeolgugeneun )
Portuguese: a longo prazo
Russian: долгосро́чно (ru) ( dolgosróčno ) , в перспекти́ве (ru) ( v perspektíve )
Scottish Gaelic: anns an ùine fhada , aig a' cheann thall
Spanish: a largo plazo , a la larga
Swedish: i långa loppet