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Semi-permanent desire connected to bit of nomenclature
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long-term
Word definitions for long-term in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or extending over a relatively long time; "the long-run significance of the elections"; "the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war"; "a long-term investment" [syn: long-run , semipermanent ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
long-term \long-term\ adj. same as long-run ; as, the long-term consequences. Syn: long-run.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also longterm , long term , 1876, originally in insurance, from long (adj.) + term (n.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Becoming evident after a relatively long time period.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a long-term decline (= happening for a long time ) ▪ The long-term decline in the manufacturing industry is still continuing. a long-term goal (= that you hope to achieve after a long time ) ▪ The organization’s ...
Usage examples of long-term.
Solving problems is usually a short term thing, but achieving national progress requires taking a long-term, goal-oriented approach.
Changes had taken place in Argentil, particularly an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide and water vapor, but those could be the result of natural long-term climatic changes.
That not only did people dream in cold sleep, they needed to dream, for long-term psychological health, and so biofeedback regulators were used to release serotonin into the bloodstream, and trigger REM sleep.
The year after that, a surprisingly responsible bipartisan commission chaired by a younger, wiser Alan Greenspan recommended a body of major reforms that preserved the basic structure of the program and ensured its long-term viability.
But after the actions of Jim Bolder the Qax judged that even a small group of humans represented a risk to the long-term survival of the Qax.
Soon other deadheads were having their long-term memories coming back to them.
Rose, S P R, and Jork, R Long-term memory formation in chick is blocked by 2-deoxygalactose, a fucose analogue.
Without long-term studies of its effects on real people, Huevos Verdes had no more chance of marketing Case 1892-A than of marketing powdered unicorn horn.
Following Ebbinghaus and some of the deductions from diseases of memory, it seemed as if one could align memory along a temporal dimension, in which, in the periods of seconds to minutes to hours following some new experience, processes of perceptual filtering introduced items into a labile, transient short-term memory and from there into a permanent long-term memory.
He believed, and I do too, that as you become more orgasmic, it is natural to seek pleasure in the context of a long-term, loving relationship.
Shortly after our opening, Pidgeon signed a long-term movie contract with M-G-M, which was his new start in pictures, the beginning of his rise to stardom.
Ott, J and Matthies, H-J Some effects of RNA precursors on development and maintenance of long-term memory: hippocampal and cortical pre- and posttraining application of RNA precursors.
Regular visits by the Vienna Rezident, a long-term strictly professional arrangement.
Her cousin Cady could discuss the rinceau motifs used in the decoration of sixteenth-century majolica dishes for hours on end, but Sylvia could design long-term corporate strategy.
Russian armies a British and presently American air force must be viewed as a long-term policy in our co-operation with Russia and for the defence of the Persian oilfields.