in the long run

English

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Prepositional phrase

in the long run

1. (idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally.
   • 1923, John Maynard Keynes, chapter 3, in A Tract on Monetary Reform, page 80:

     But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

   • 1951, Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space, page 111:

     If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.

Synonyms

• in the long term

Antonyms

• in the short run
• in the short term

Related terms

• long term (noun), long-term (adj)
• short term (noun), short-term (adj)

Translations

eventually

• Catalan: a llarg termini
• Danish: i det langa løb, på lang sigt, i den lange ende
• Dutch: op den duur, op termijn, uiteindelijk (nl)
• Finnish: ajan mittaan, ajan oloon, pidemmän päälle, pitkällä aikavälillä, pitkällä tähtäimellä
• French: à terme (fr), à long terme (fr), à la longue (fr)
• Galician: a longo prazo
• German: auf lange Sicht, langfristig (de)
• Icelandic: er til lengdar lætur, til lengdar, í lengdina, í lengd
• Irish: i ndeireadh na dála
• Italian: alla fin fine (it), alla lunga, a lungo andare
• Korean: 결국에는 (gyeolgugeneun)
• Polish: na dłuższą metę (pl)
• Portuguese: a longo prazo
• Russian: долгосро́чно (ru) (dolgosróčno), в перспекти́ве (ru) (v perspektíve)
• Scottish Gaelic: anns an ùine fhada, aig a' cheann thall
• Spanish: a largo plazo, a la larga
• Swedish: i det långa loppet (sv), i längden (sv)