as long as
conjunction
1
: provided that
can do as they like as long as they have a B average
2
: inasmuch as, since
as long as you're going, I'll go too
Synonyms
- 'cause
- as
- because
- being (as or as how or that) [chiefly dialect]
- considering
- for
- inasmuch as
- now
- seeing
- since
- whereas
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Example Sentences
as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood
Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
as long as
conjunction
as in now
for the reason that as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- now
- because
- since
- seeing
- inasmuch as
- for
- whereas
- being (as or as how or that)
- considering
- as
- 'cause
