Antonym: short-term. Similar words: belong to, longtime, long., long, along, long for, get along, all along. Meaning: [ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm] adj. relating to or extending over a relatively long time.
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(31) Stocks are regarded as good long-term investments.
(32) The training centre provides special help for the long-term unemployed.
(33) Most governments simply leave the long-term jobless to rot on the dole.
(34) Our short-term aim is to deal with our current financial difficulties, but our long-term aim is to improve the company's profitability.
(35) The creation of an efficient and sustainable transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
(36) We are just starting to reap the rewards of careful long-term planning.
(37) They would have to offer cast-iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.
(38) He's the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
(39) A premium of 2 per cent is paid on long-term investments.
(40) The long-term future of the space programme hangs in the balance.
(41) It's important for the long-term success of any diet that you vary your meals.
(42) Government sources estimate a long-term 50% increase in rail fares.
(43) If a woman gives up her job to look after her baby[Sentence dictionary], she will risk losing her salary in the medium-term and may seriously damage her long-term career prospects.
(44) She was at rock bottom. Her long-term love affair was breaking up and so was she.
(45) Long-term stock market investments have produced superior returns compared with cash deposits.
(46) Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.
(47) Taking long-term courses of certain medicines may increase vulnerability to infection.
(48) It's too early to assess the long-term consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
(49) The long-term consequences of a nuclear leak don't bear thinking about.
(50) The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
(51) They are also attempting to keep the car buyer as a long-term customer by offering after-sales service.
(52) What this country needs is a long-term policy for investment in science and technology.
(53) People knows little about what the long-term effects of the new drug will be.
(54) Tonight's programme is an in-depth look at the long-term effects of unemployment.
(55) The long-term effects of the drug are still an unknown.
(56) If you're looking for long-term growth, the government's own saving certificates are a pretty good bet.
(57) It is difficult to predict what the long-term effects of the accident will be.
(58) They need more money now but, more important, they need long-term help.
(59) This reorganization is critical to the long-term future of the company.
(60) I can see your point of view, but I think we have to consider the long-term implications.
More similar words: belong to, longtime, long., long, along, long for, get along, all along, prolong, term, no longer, long since, as long as, so long as, any longer, terms, before long, along with, alongside, long before, in the long run, get along with, in terms of, short-term, come to terms with, length, owing to, permit, at length, German.