longterm

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A form of long-term — Becoming evident after a relatively long time period.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

adjectivelongterm (comparative more longterm, superlative most longterm)

comparative more longterm · superlative most longterm

  1. alternativeAlternative form of long-term.
    1 more example

    A few days later in a meeting with the president, Clinton asked Gingrich for a continuing resolution (CR) to continue funding the government until they could work out a compromise. “If I go back and try to get a longterm CR without a budget from you, the next time you'll be dealing with Speaker Armey," he said.

    2008, Steven M. Gillon, The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  2. Proto-Germanic*langaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*lang
  4. Old Englishlang
  5. Middle Englishlong
  6. Englishlong
  7. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ter-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥
  10. Proto-Italic*termn̥
  11. Proto-Italic*term(e)nos
  12. Latinterminus
  13. Old Frenchterme
  14. Middle Englishterme
  15. Englishterm
  16. Englishlongterm

From long + term.

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APA

longterm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longterm

MLA

“longterm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longterm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “longterm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longterm.

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