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long haul en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (not-comparable, qualifier:usually hyphenated) Travelling a long distance.
   • a long-haul flight

Forms

Antonyms

short haul

Translations (5)

es de larga distancia (travelling a long distance) · de Langstrecken- (travelling a long distance) · de Fern- (travelling a long distance) · it a lungo raggio (travelling a long distance) · it a lunga distanza (travelling a long distance)

long haul en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (countable, literally, uncountable) A long distance.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A long time; the long term; an extended period; a long-running endeavour.
   • The national rail dispute is set to grind on after ASLEF members voted to renew their mandate for strikes for a further six months […]. RMT members renewed their strike mandate for six more months in May […]. "Once again, our members have decided that we are in this for the long haul," said ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan after the ballot result. 2023 June 28, Mel Holley, “Network News: "In this for the long haul": mandate for further strikes”, in RAIL, number 986, page 16:
   • Near-synonym: long game
   • I thought it would be a short project, but now it looks like I'm in it for the long haul.

Forms

Antonyms

short haul

Deriveds

for the long haul · long-hauler · long-haul COVID · longhauling · longhaul · over the long haul · longhauled

Synonyms

long game

Translations (3)

es largo plazo (a long time) · es largo recorrido (a long distance) · es largo trecho (a long distance)