Meanings
comparative longer-range · superlative longest-range · alternative longrange
- Operating, or capable of operating, over a great distance.
Long-range missiles can shoot down any planes before they can even be seen.
2 more examples
Carroll struck twice - the first a spectacular long-range strike - as Liverpool established a deserved three-goal lead by the interval and kept their own European ambitions alive with a vibrant display.
2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC SportI heard the flutter of a camera, saw a man a few yards behind me taking photos with a long-range lens.
2024, Megan Miranda, Daughter of Mine, Scribner, page 95 - Involving a great period of time.
Long-range planning is not my specialty.
1 more example
Where do you see the group going in the next few years? Do you have any long range plans?
1984 December 15, Charles Fuller, Henry Craig Chinn, “Black Men's Association of Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 13
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinvolving an extended span of time
adjectivesuitable for or reaching long distances
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian далекобоен
- далекобоен (dalekoboen)Capable of operating over a great distance
Italian a lunga gittata
- a lunga gittataCapable of operating over a great distance
Russian дальнобо́йный, да́льнего де́йствия
- дальнобо́йный (dalʹnobójnyj)Capable of operating over a great distance
- да́льнего де́йствия (dálʹnevo déjstvija)Capable of operating over a great distance
- да́льний (dálʹnij)Capable of operating over a great distance
- издалека́ (izdaleká)Travelling over a long distance
- долгосро́чный (dolgosróčnyj)Involving a great period of time
Turkish uzun erim, uzun menzilli
- uzun erimCapable of operating over a great distance
- uzun menzilliCapable of operating over a great distance
Ukrainian далекобі́йний
- далекобі́йний (dalekobíjnyj)Capable of operating over a great distance
Cite this entry
long-range. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-range
“long-range.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-range. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long-range,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-range.
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