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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Long \Long\, a. [Compar. Longer; superl. Longest.] [AS.
long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr,
Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125.
Cf. Length, Ling a fish, Linger, Lunge, Purloin.]
1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length;
protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to
short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
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2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
long book.
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3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
lingering; as, long hours of watching.
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4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
time; far away.
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The we may us reserve both fresh and strong
Against the tournament, which is not long.
--Spenser.
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5. Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified
length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that
is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
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6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.'' --Burke.
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7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short,
a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.
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8. (Finance & Com.) Having a supply of stocks or goods;
prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in
prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or
go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the
market, to hold products or securities for a rise in
price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to
short.
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Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
etc.
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In the long run, in the whole course of things taken
together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
Long+clam+(Zo["o]l.),+the+common+clam+({Mya+arenaria" rel="nofollow">Long clam (Zo["o]l.), the common clam ({Mya arenaria) of
the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya.
Long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.
Long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
below the feet.
Long division. (Math.) See Division.
Long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen.
Long home, the grave.
Long measure, Long meter. See under Measure, Meter.
Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which
assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,
April 20, 1653.
Long price, the full retail price.
Long purple (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed
to be the Orchis mascula. --Dr. Prior.
Long suit
(a) (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally more
than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.
(b) One's most important resource or source of strength;
as, as an entertainer, her voice was her long suit.
Long tom.
(a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
a vessel.
(b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western
U.S.]
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Long wall (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam
is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
progresses, except where passages are needed.
Of long, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
To be long of the market, or To go long of the market,
To be on the long side of the market, etc. (Stock
Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a
contract under which one can demand stock on or before a
certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to short
in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short,
etc. [Cant] See Short.
To have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Run \Run\, n.
1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick
run; to go on the run.
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2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.
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3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain
operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in
wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
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4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain
course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
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They who made their arrangements in the first run of
misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities.
--Burke.
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5. State of being current; currency; popularity.
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It is impossible for detached papers to have a
general run, or long continuance, if not diversified
with humor. --Addison.
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6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as,
to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
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A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run.
--Macaulay.
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7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a
bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
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8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep
run. --Howitt.
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9. (Naut.)
(a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows
toward the stern, under the quarter.
(b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run
of fifty miles.
(c) A voyage; as, a run to China.
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10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.]
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I think of giving her a run in London. --Dickens.
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11. (Mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be
carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or
by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which
a vein of ore or other substance takes.
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12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
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13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It
is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick,
but with greater speed.
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14. The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; --
said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes
which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of
spawning.
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15. (Sport) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made
by a player, which enables him to score one point; also,
the point thus scored; in cricket, a passing from one
wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a
player made three runs; the side went out with two
hundred runs; the Yankees scored three runs in the
seventh inning.
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The ``runs'' are made from wicket to wicket, the
batsmen interchanging ends at each run. --R. A.
Proctor.
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16. A pair or set of millstones.
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17. (Piquet, Cribbage, etc.) A number of cards of the same
suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.
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18. (Golf)
(a) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.
(b) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground
from a stroke.
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At the long run, now, commonly, In the long run, in or
during the whole process or course of things taken
together; in the final result; in the end; finally.
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[Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but
he surpasses them in the long run. --J. H.
Newman.
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Home run.
(a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point
from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch.
(b) (Baseball) See under Home.
The run, or The common run, or The run of the mill
etc., ordinary persons; the generality or average of
people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs;
ordinary current, course, or kind.
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I saw nothing else that is superior to the common
run of parks. --Walpole.
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Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as
beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his
own vast superiority to the common run of men.
--Prof.
Wilson.
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His whole appearance was something out of the common
run. --W. Irving.
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To let go by the run (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely,
as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
long book.
3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
lingering; as, long hours of watching.
4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
time; far away.
The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against
the tournament, which is not long. --Spenser.
5. Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length;
as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is,
extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.'' --Burke.
7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short,
a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.
Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
etc.
In the long run, in the whole course of things taken
together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
Long+clam+(Zo["o]l.),+the+common+clam+({Mya+arenaria" rel="nofollow">Long clam (Zo["o]l.), the common clam ({Mya arenaria) of
the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya.
Long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.
Long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
below the feet.
Long division. (Math.) See Division.
Long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen.
Long home, the grave.
Long measure, Long mater. See under Measure, Meter.
Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which
assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,
April 20, 1653.
Long price, the full retail price.
Long purple (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed
to be the Orchis mascula. --Dr. Prior.
Long suit (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally
more than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.
Long tom.
(a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
a vessel.
(b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western
U.S.]
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Long wall (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam
is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
progresses, except where passages are needed.
Of long, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
To be, or go, long of the market, To be on the long
side of the market, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for
a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can
demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated
price; -- opposed to short in such phrases as, to be
short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See Short.
To have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Run \Run\, n.
1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick
run; to go on the run.
2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.
3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain
operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in
wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain
course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
They who made their arrangements in the first run of
misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities.
--Burke.
5. State of being current; currency; popularity.
It is impossible for detached papers to have a
general run, or long continuance, if not diversified
with humor. --Addison.
6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as,
to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run.
--Macaulay.
7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a
bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep
run. --Howitt.
9. (Naut.)
(a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows
toward the stern, under the quarter.
(b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run
of fifty miles.
(c) A voyage; as, a run to China.
10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.]
I think of giving her a run in London. --Dickens.
11. (Mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be
carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or
by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which
a vein of ore or other substance takes.
12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It
is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick,
but with greater speed.
14. The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; --
said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes
which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of
spawning.
15. In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a
player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a
passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point
is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went
out with two hundred runs.
The ``runs'' are made from wicket to wicket, the
batsmen interchanging ends at each run. --R. A.
Proctor.
16. A pair or set of millstones.
At the long run, now, commonly, In the long run, in or
during the whole process or course of things taken
together; in the final result; in the end; finally.
[Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but
he surpasses them in the long run. --J. H.
Newman.
Home run.
(a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point
from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch.
(b) (Baseball) See under Home.
The run, or The common run, etc., ordinary persons; the
generality or average of people or things; also, that
which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or
kind.
I saw nothing else that is superior to the common
run of parks. --Walpole.
Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as
beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his
own vast superiority to the common run of men.
--Prof.
Wilson.
His whole appearance was something out of the common
run. --W. Irving.
To let go by the run (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely,
as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
in the long run
adv : after a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in
the long run" [syn: in the end]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
in the long run
prep.phr.
(lb en idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long
period of time; more generally.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
in the long run
prep.phr.
(lb en idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long
period of time; more generally.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
in the long run
prep.phr.
(lb en idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long
period of time; more generally.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
in the long run
prep.phr.
(lb en idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long
period of time; more generally.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
in the long run
Englanti phr.
(yhteys sanonta k=en) ajan mittaan, pidemmän päälle, ajan oloon,
pitkällä aikavälillä, pitkällä tähtäyksellä
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
in the long run
Engelska adv.
i det långa loppet, på lång sikt, till sist, eventuellt
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
in the long run /ɪnðə lˈɒŋ ɹˈʌn/
časem
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
in the long run /ɪnðə lˈɒŋ ɹˈʌn/
auf die Dauer
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
in the long run /ɪnðə lˈɒŋ ɹˈʌn/
langfristig, langfristig gesehen, auf lange Sicht
"A business venture can be successful in the long run only if / can succeed long term only if …" - Ein Unternehmen kann nur dann langfristig erfolgreich sein, wenn …
Synonyms: in the long term, over the long term, on a long-term basis, long term
see: even in the medium and long run, go in for/hold long-term investments, This is the greatest long-term threat.
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
in the long run /ɪnðə lˈɒŋ ɹˈʌn/
μακροπρόθεσμα
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
in the long run /ɪnðə lˈɒŋ ɹˈʌn/
ajan mittaan, ajan oloon, pidemmän päälle, pitkällä aikavälillä, pitkällä tähtäimellä
eventually
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
in the long run /ɪnðə lˈɒŋ ɹˈʌn/
1. hosszú távra
2. végtére is
3. végsô soron
4. hosszú távon
5. végül is
6. mindent összevetve
7. végsô fokon
8. végre is
9. végeredményben
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
in the long run /ɪnðə lˈɒŋ ɹˈʌn/
i längden, i långa loppet
eventually
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "in the long run":
all in all, all things considered, almost entirely, altogether,
approximately, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation,
as things go, as times go, at large, broadly, broadly speaking,
by and large, chiefly, commonly, effectually, essentially,
eventually, finally, generally, generally speaking, in due course,
in due season, in due time, in general, in round numbers,
in the main, in time, mainly, mostly, normally, on balance,
on the average, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, predominantly,
prevailingly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely,
speaking generally, substantially, ultimately, usually,
virtually
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
从长远来看，最后
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
从长远观点来看,最终,终究
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