long-term in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long-term",
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        "Expression"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "short-term"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We expect to be staying at this location for the long term."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is true in the long term, it may not be true now, but it will after enough time has passed."
      ],
      "id": "simple-long-term-en-phrase-rzz3XEUt",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eventually"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She has been living in a long-term care home since her husband died."
        },
        {
          "text": "It looks good for now, but the long-term effects are hard to imagine."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A long-term care, effects, relationships, solutions, etc. are those that will last for a long time."
      ],
      "id": "simple-long-term-en-phrase-DsghkfZd"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't keep it in the freezer long-term."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you do something long-term, you do it in or for the future."
      ],
      "id": "simple-long-term-en-phrase-5~F6LXid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "long-term"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long-term",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "short-term"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We expect to be staying at this location for the long term."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is true in the long term, it may not be true now, but it will after enough time has passed."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eventually"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She has been living in a long-term care home since her husband died."
        },
        {
          "text": "It looks good for now, but the long-term effects are hard to imagine."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A long-term care, effects, relationships, solutions, etc. are those that will last for a long time."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't keep it in the freezer long-term."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you do something long-term, you do it in or for the future."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "long-term"
}

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"long-term" meaning in English

Phrase