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as long as

as long as conjunction: provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).

Conjunction

as long as

  1. (idiomatic) Provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).
    • I don't mind if he stays there, as long as he cleans up after himself when he's done.
    • I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me1997, Max Martin, Backstreet Boys, As Long as You Love Me
    Synonyms:
    so long as, provided
  2. (idiomatic) For the entire duration that; while; since.
    • As long as you're here, you may as well help me with the garden.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, long.
    • It took three times as long as I expected (= three times longer than I did).

Preposition

as long as

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, long.
    • These meetings can last as long as three hours.

as long as meaning in Tamil and Urdu

as long as in Tamil

வரைக்கும்

as long as in Urdu

جوں جوں

Synonyms of as long as

Words formed from as long as

Questions about as long as

What does as long as mean?
As long as means provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).
What is as long as in Tamil?
As long as in Tamil is வரைக்கும். See As long as meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is as long as?
As long as can be a conjunction or a preposition.

Words near as long as in the dictionary

  1. as large as life
  2. AS Level
  3. AS Levels
  4. as like as not
  5. as likely as not
  6. as long as
  7. as luck may have it
  8. as luck would have it
  9. as mad as a cut snake
  10. as memory serves
  11. as much

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as long as (page history and authors); as long as (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); as long as (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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