Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out;
- Example: "in the long run we will win"- Example: "in the long run we will all be dead"- Example: "he performed well over the long haul"[syn: long run, long haul]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
long run
n 1: a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves
out; "in the long run we will win"; "in the long run we
will all be dead"; "he performed well over the long haul"
[syn: long run, long haul]