"in the long run" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in the long run.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in the long run}} in the long run, {{en-PP|head=in the long run}} in the long run
  1. (idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in the long term Related terms: long term [noun], long-term [adjective], short term [noun], short-term [adjective] Translations (eventually): a llarg termini (Catalan), i det langa løb (Danish), på lang sigt (Danish), i den lange ende (Danish), op den duur (Dutch), op termijn (Dutch), uiteindelijk (Dutch), ajan mittaan (Finnish), ajan oloon (Finnish), pidemmän päälle (Finnish), pitkällä aikavälillä (Finnish), pitkällä tähtäimellä (Finnish), à terme (French), à long terme (French), à la longue (French), a longo prazo (Galician), auf lange Sicht (German), langfristig (German), er til lengdar lætur (Icelandic), til lengdar (Icelandic), í lengdina (Icelandic), í lengd (Icelandic), i ndeireadh na dála (Irish), alla fin fine (Italian), alla lunga (Italian), a lungo andare (Italian), 결국에는 (gyeolgugeneun) (Korean), na dłuższą metę (Polish), a longo prazo (Portuguese), долгосро́чно (dolgosróčno) (Russian), в перспекти́ве (v perspektíve) (Russian), anns an ùine fhada (Scottish Gaelic), aig a' cheann thall (Scottish Gaelic), a largo plazo (Spanish), a la larga (Spanish), i det långa loppet (Swedish), i längden (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_long_run-en-prep_phrase-jomq-9VN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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