Synonyms: long-run, long-term, semipermanent
Definition: relating to or extending over a relatively long time
Usage: the long-run significance of the elections; the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war; a long-term investment
Similar words: long
Definition: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
Usage: a long life; a long boring speech; a long time; a long friendship; a long game; long ago; an hour long