"long haul" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-long haul.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} long haul (not comparable)
  1. (usually hyphenated) Travelling a long distance. Tags: not-comparable Translations (travelling a long distance): Fern- (German), Langstrecken- (German), a lungo raggio (Italian), a lunga distanza (Italian), de larga distancia (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-long_haul-en-adj-bM1XfcdC

Noun

Audio: En-au-long haul.ogg [Australia] Forms: long hauls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} long haul (countable and uncountable, plural long hauls)
  1. (idiomatic) A long time; the long term; an extended period. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation Synonyms: long-haul Derived forms: for the long haul, over the long haul, long-haul COVID, longhaul [verb], longhauled [adjective], longhauling [noun]
    Sense id: en-long_haul-en-noun-UpCA77wc Disambiguation of Aviation: 6 88 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 88 6
  2. a long distance Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-long_haul-en-noun-jtyqML7J

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for long haul meaning in English (3.8kB)

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