long-term
Expression[change]
Expression |
- 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.
- 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.
- If you do something long-term, you do it in or for the future.
- Don't keep it in the freezer long-term.