LONG RUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long run mean? 

• LONG RUN (noun)
  The noun LONG RUN has 1 sense:

1. a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out

  Familiarity information: LONG RUN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONG RUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

long haul; long run

Context example:

he performed well over the long haul

Hypernyms ("long run" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

 Context examples 

You have had a long run of amusement, and now you must try to be useful.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Well, Watson, we shall see who will win in the long run. I am going out now!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tell me that—what's it matter in the long run?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But since the female death rate is much higher than the male death rate, the number of trees may still decline over the long run.

(Striped maple trees often change mating types, with females more likely to die, National Science Foundation)

Pressure to feel upbeat can make you feel downbeat, while embracing your darker moods can actually make you feel better in the long run.

(Embracing Darker Moods Makes You Feel Better, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He sat perched on a high bay horse, and held on to the bridle of a spirited black palfrey, the hides of both glistening from a long run.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the deal, Austrian, United Kingdom and New Zealand production sites are to be kept, with market sales expected to cover for the price in the long run.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

“We have not done so, nor is it possible that we should do so. To inform the police must, in the long run, mean to inform the public. This is what we particularly desire to avoid.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is some indication that if you can both travel to a nearby town or city close to water or snow, love would grow, and small trifles that don’t matter to you in the long run would be forgotten.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Theer's been kiender a blessing fell upon us, said Mr. Peggotty, reverentially inclining his head, and we've done nowt but prosper. That is, in the long run. If not yesterday, why then today. If not today, why then tomorrow.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)