long-term

Expression

Expression long-term

Long-term is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. If something is true in the long term, it may not be true now, but it will after enough time has passed.
   • Synonym: eventually
   • Antonym: short-term

   We expect to be staying at this location for the long term.

2. A long-term care, effects, relationships, solutions, etc. are those that will last for a long time.

   She has been living in a long-term care home since her husband died.

   It looks good for now, but the long-term effects are hard to imagine.

3. If you do something long-term, you do it in or for the future.

   Don't keep it in the freezer long-term.

Related words

• long
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