long-rangeadj.
/ˌlɒŋˈreɪn(d)ʒ/, /ˈlɒŋreɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌreɪndʒ/, /ˈlɑŋˌreɪndʒ/, /ˌlɔŋˈreɪndʒ/, /ˌlɑŋˈreɪndʒ/ 1. Able to be used, or to be effective, over long distances.
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the world > space > distance > [adjective] > long-distance
long-range1809
long distance1826
long-journey1858
long haul1873
the world > space > distance > [adjective] > far-reaching
longimanous1646
Atlantic1650
long-range1809
far-reaching1824
1809 L. de Tousard Amer. Artillerist's Compan. I. xxiv. 399 (table) 12 inch mortar and 10 inch long range mortars.
1854 Englishwoman in Russia 302 Long-range guns and asphyxiant balls.
1873 W. Cory Jrnl. 29 Mar. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 329 An American here shouts with a long-range voice.
1902 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 291 Into these wars long-range infantry fire seldom entered.
1958 New Statesman 18 Jan. 59/1 Never mind your long-range missiles, Johnson said in effect.
1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face iii. 33 The Nepalese authorities..did not normally allow expeditions to use long-range radios in Nepal.
2009 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Feb. 49/1 Plasma thrusters are only now making their way into long-range spacecraft.
2. Of or relating to a period of time extending far into the future; long-term.
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the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring
longeOE
longsomeeOE
long of lifeOE
lastinga1225
cleaving1340
continualc1340
dwellingc1380
long-livinga1382
everlastingc1384
long-duringa1387
long-lasting?a1400
long-liveda1400
broadc1400
permanable?c1422
perseverant?a1425
permanentc1425
perdurable?a1439
continuedc1440
abiding1448
unremoved1455
eternalc1460
long-continued1464
continuing1526
long-enduring1527
enduring1532
immortal1538
diuturn?1541
veterated1547
resiant?1567
stayinga1568
well-wearinga1568
substantive1575
pertinacious1578
extant1581
ceaseless1590
marble1596
of length1597
longeval1598
diuturnal1599
nine-lived1600
chronic1601
unexhausted1602
chronical1604
endurable1607
continuant1610
indeflourishing1610
aged1611
indurant1611
continuatea1616
perennious1628
seculara1631
undiscontinueda1631
continuated1632
untransitory1632
long-spun1633
momently1641
stative1643
outliving1645
constant1653
long-descended1660
voluminousa1661
perduring1664
perdurant1671
livelong1673
perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
unquenched1703
lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
unpassing1831
all-time1846
year-long1846
teak-built1847
lengthful1855
long-term1867
long haul1873
sticky1879
week-to-week1879
perenduring1883
long-range1885
longish1889
long-time1902
long run1904
long-life1915
1885 Rockingham Reg. (Harrisonburg, Va.) 3 Dec. On the last page of my last year's Almanac I gave a ‘long range forecast’ for the spring of 1886.
1918 Oelwein (Iowa) Daily Reg. 21 July 4/8 The city plan commission was studying..long-range capital budgeting and other needed municipal improvements.
1932 J. Buchan Gap in Curtain i. 64 I..set myself..to a long-range forecast—what would be likely to happen on June 10th a year ahead.
1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 67 Incest or no, the marriage must be; it is vital to his long-range political plans.
1988 B. Cooper Alexander Kennedy Isbister i. iv. 71 Their long-range strategy had to be one of defence of the fur preserve.
2007 Coventry Evening Tel. 22 Sept. 18 Coventry could rise again, but it will need some careful long-range planning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1809