so long as

phrase

Depending upon some condition or requirement; provided that; if, assuming; as long as.

“I don't mind if he stays there, so long as he cleans up after himself when he's done.”

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Meanings

phrase
  1. idiomaticDepending upon some condition or requirement; provided that; if, assuming; as long as.

    I don't mind if he stays there, so long as he cleans up after himself when he's done.

    1 more example

    Hugh helped himself to bacon. "My dear fellow, she can think what she likes so long as she continues to grill bacon like this. Your wife is a treasure, James—a pearl amongst women; and you can tell her so with my love."

    1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond

    Synonyms: as long as

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseDepending upon some condition or requirement; provided that; if, assuming; as long as.

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as long as
Also see
as long aswhile

Translations

Afrikaans solank
  • solankif, assuming
Ancient Greek ἐὰν μόνον
  • ἐὰν μόνον (eàn mónon)if, assuming
Arabic مَا دَامَ, مَا
  • مَا دَامَ (mā dāma)if, assuming
  • مَا (mā)if, assuming
Bulgarian стига да, ако поне
  • стига да (stiga da)if, assuming
  • ако поне (ako pone)if, assuming
  • доколкото (dokolkoto)if, assuming
Catalan sempre que
  • sempre queif, assuming
Chinese Mandarin 只要
  • 只要 (zhǐyào)if, assuming
Czech jestliže, pokud
  • jestližeif, assuming
  • pokudif, assuming
Dutch mits
  • mitsif, assuming
Finnish kunhan
  • kunhanif, assuming
French pour peu que, du moment que
  • pour peu queif, assuming
  • du moment queif, assuming
  • pourvu queif, assuming
German solange
  • solangeif, assuming
Greek εφόσον
  • εφόσον (efóson)if, assuming
Hebrew כל עוד
  • כל עוד (kol 'od)if, assuming
Hungarian ha, hogyha
  • haif, assuming
  • hogyhaif, assuming
  • amennyibenif, assuming
Icelandic að því tilskildu að
  • að því tilskildu aðif, assuming
Indonesian selama
  • selamaif, assuming
Irish chomh fada is
  • chomh fada isif, assuming
Italian purché, ammesso che
  • purchéif, assuming
  • ammesso cheif, assuming
  • a patto cheif, assuming
  • a condizione cheif, assuming
Japanese ...限り
  • ...限り (...kagiri)if, assuming
Latin tamdiū quam
  • tamdiū quamif, assuming
Polish o ile
  • o ileif, assuming
Portuguese se, contanto que
  • seif, assuming
  • contanto queif, assuming
  • desde queif, assuming
Russian е́сли, е́сли то́лько
  • е́сли (jésli)if, assuming
  • е́сли то́лько (jésli tólʹko)if, assuming
Slovak pokiaľ
  • pokiaľif, assuming
Spanish siempre que, siempre y cuando
  • siempre queif, assuming
  • siempre y cuandoif, assuming
  • siempre y cuando queif, assuming
  • con tal queif, assuming
  • con tal de queif, assuming
  • con tanto queif, assuming
Swedish förutsatt att
  • förutsatt attif, assuming
Tagalog basta
  • bastaif, assuming
Thai ตราบใดที่
  • ตราบใดที่if, assuming
Vietnamese miễn
  • miễnif, assuming
Cite this entry
APA

so long as. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20long%20as

MLA

“so long as.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20long%20as. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “so long as,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20long%20as.

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