long-term

See also: longterm and long term

English

Alternative forms

• long term
• longterm

Etymology

long + term

Adjective

long-term (comparative longer-term, superlative longest-term)

1. Becoming evident after a relatively long time period.
   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.

2. Extending over a relatively long time period.
   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

Antonyms

• short-term

Derived terms

• long-termness

Translations

becoming evident after a relatively long time period

• Armenian: երկարաժամկետ (hy) (erkaražamket)
• Danish: langtids-
• Finnish: pitkän aikavälin
• French: à long terme (fr)
• Galician: a longo prazo
• German: Langzeit- (de)
• Greek: μακροπρόθεσμος (el) (makropróthesmos)
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• Maori: pae tawhiti
• Serbo-Croatian: dugoročan (sh) m
• Spanish: a largo plazo
• Swedish: långtids-
• Turkish: uzun vadeli

extending over a relatively long time period

• Armenian: երկարաժամկետ (hy) (erkaražamket)
• Catalan: a llarg termini
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長期／长期 (zh) (chángqī), 长期 (zh) (chángqī)

• Czech: dlouhodobý (cs) m
• Danish: långvarig, långsiktig
• Dutch: langdurig (nl), langlopend (nl)
• Finnish: pitkän aikavälin, pitkäaikainen (fi), pitkäaikais-, pitkäjänteinen, pitkäkestoinen
• French: à long terme (fr)
• Galician: a longo prazo
• German: langfristig (de), langanhaltend
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• Greek: μακροπρόθεσμος (el) (makropróthesmos)
• Indonesian: jangka panjang (id)
• Italian: a lungo termine
• Japanese: 長期の (ja) (chōki no)
• Maori: tūroa
• Portuguese: duradouro (pt), a longo prazo
• Russian: долгосро́чный (ru) (dolgosróčnyj), дли́тельный (ru) (dlítelʹnyj), долговре́менный (ru) (dolgovrémennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: dugoročan (sh) m, dugotrajan (sh) m
• Spanish: a largo plazo, duradero (es) m, duradera (es) f, prolongado (es) m
• Swedish: långvarig (sv), långsiktig (sv)
• Turkish: etraflıca (tr)