{
    "term": "longterm",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "lasting or having an effect over a long period of time",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our **long-term goal** is to lower operating costs by 10 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "discussions about the **long-term future** of agriculture"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **long-term effects/consequences/impact** of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They questioned his **long-term commitment** to the project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has never been in a **long-term relationship**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **long-term trend** is for prices to rise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **long-term strategy/plan**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**long-term investment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **long-term unemployed**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "solutions for long-term unemployment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the long-term effects of fertilizers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can help you realize your short-term and long-term objectives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are serious and potentially long-term consequences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Subsidies are not a viable long-term solution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a business environment that can support long-term sustainable growth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There must be a new long-term strategy for tackling the disease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Analysts look at the long-term prospects of a company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Patients with strong social support had more favourable long-term survival rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This raises questions about the long-term stability of the economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "genetic traits that play a key role in long-term health and survival"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have seen the drug cause some relatively long-term changes in nerve function."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I take a very long-term view."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The effects of the deal will be long-term in nature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The contract is long-term."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's been an increase in the number of long-term unemployed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Employers are reluctant to hire long-term unemployed workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Since taking over the business we have emphasized cost control and the reduction of long-term debt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "health conditions that are likely to require long-term care"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a long-term problem and not one that will be easily solved."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌlɒŋ ˈtɜːm/",
                "audio": "lo/longterm/long_term_1_gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌlɔːŋ ˈtɜːrm/",
                "audio": "lo/longterm/long_term_1_us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}