long-haul

adjective

Travelling a long distance.

“a long-haul flight”

Opposite
short-haul
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Meanings

adjectivelong-haul (not comparable)

alternative long haul

  1. not comparableTravelling a long distance.

    a long-haul flight

    1 more example

    American railroads are not permitted to operate long-haul road routes, but the I.C.C. decision of 1954 did permit them to solicit trailer business in, say, New York for Chicago provided the trailer was piggybacked in between.

    1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683

    Antonyms: short-haul

nounlong-haul (countable and uncountable, plural long-hauls)

plural long-hauls · alternative long haul

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of long haul.
verblong-haul (third-person singular simple present long-hauls, present participle long-hauling, simple past and past participle long-hauled)

present singular third person long-hauls · participle present long-hauling · participle past long-hauled · past long-hauled · alternative long haul

  1. alternativeAlternative form of longhaul.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTravelling a long distance.

Opposite
short-haul

Translations

German Fern-, Langstrecken-
  • Fern-travelling a long distance
  • Langstrecken-travelling a long distance
Italian a lungo raggio, a lunga distanza
  • a lungo raggiotravelling a long distance
  • a lunga distanzatravelling a long distance
Spanish de larga distancia
  • de larga distanciatravelling a long distance
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APA

long-haul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-haul

MLA

“long-haul.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-haul. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long-haul,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-haul.

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