"long shot" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The term arose from the accuracy of early naval guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long shots",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "long shot (plural long shots)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 46",
      "word": "by a long shot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 74",
          "text": "\"It is of course a most foolish thing twice to take a long shot in a capercailzie wood, as you know,\" said the captain, appealing to me; \"but the last time I had no choice, because I heard that villainous Andreas stalking the bird at the same time.\"",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A shot fired at a distant target."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We can try your plan, but it's a long shot and it probably won't work."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "His reign in Paris — full of flexed biceps, forehand winners and underrated court craft — is one of the great achievements in any sport, and though a 15th title is a long shot at this late stage, all we know for certain is that Nadal will not be winning it this year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "unlikely",
          "unlikely"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 96 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qaliylu l-iḥtimāli",
          "sense": "Something unlikely",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "قَلِيْلُ ٱلاِحْتِمالِ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 96 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Something unlikely",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ziemlich aussichtsloses Unterfangen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 96 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Something unlikely",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ziemlich hoffnungsloser Fall"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Film",
          "orig": "en:Film",
          "parents": [
            "Entertainment",
            "Mass media",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later."
      ],
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          "film",
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        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "shot",
          "shot"
        ],
        [
          "scene",
          "scene"
        ],
        [
          "closeup",
          "closeup"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(film) A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 46",
      "topics": [
        "film",
        "television",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "establishing shot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 0 46",
      "topics": [
        "film",
        "television",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "wide shot"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 0 46",
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  "word": "long shot"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The term arose from the accuracy of early naval guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long shots",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "by a long shot"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 74",
          "text": "\"It is of course a most foolish thing twice to take a long shot in a capercailzie wood, as you know,\" said the captain, appealing to me; \"but the last time I had no choice, because I heard that villainous Andreas stalking the bird at the same time.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A shot fired at a distant target."
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "We can try your plan, but it's a long shot and it probably won't work."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "His reign in Paris — full of flexed biceps, forehand winners and underrated court craft — is one of the great achievements in any sport, and though a 15th title is a long shot at this late stage, all we know for certain is that Nadal will not be winning it this year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working."
      ],
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        [
          "unlikely",
          "unlikely"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Film"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "film",
          "film#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "shot",
          "shot"
        ],
        [
          "scene",
          "scene"
        ],
        [
          "closeup",
          "closeup"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(film) A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "film",
        "television",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "establishing shot"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "film",
        "television",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "wide shot"
    },
    {
      "word": "longshot"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaliylu l-iḥtimāli",
      "sense": "Something unlikely",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَلِيْلُ ٱلاِحْتِمالِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Something unlikely",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ziemlich aussichtsloses Unterfangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Something unlikely",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ziemlich hoffnungsloser Fall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "long shot"
}