Word.ws English Dictionary

in the long run

in the long run prepositional phrase: after a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally.
    • But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.1923, John Maynard Keynes, chapter 3, in A Tract on Monetary Reform, page 80
    • 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.1951, Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space, page 111

in the long run meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

in the long run in Tamil

நீண்டநாட்களில், காலப்போக்கில்

in the long run in Malayalam

in the end, eventually, ultimately
ദീർഘകാലത്തിനിടയിൽ, കാലക്രമത്തിൽ, കാലാന്തരത്തിൽ, കാലം ചെല്ലുമ്പോൾ, അന്തിമഫലത്തിൽ, ശേഷേ

in the long run in Kannada

ಕಟ್ಟಕಡೆಗೆ, ತೀರ ಕೊನೆಗೆ, ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ

in the long run in Arabic

eventually
مَعَ التَّمَادِي dar derâz-moddat, عَلَى المَدَى الطَّوِيل ʕalā l-madā ṭ-ṭawīl, عَلَى الْمَدَى الْبَعِيد ʕalā l-madā l-baʕīd
More languagesFewer languages
in the long run in Persian
در بلندمدت dar boland-moddat, در درازمدت dar derâz-moddat

Synonyms of in the long run

Antonyms

Questions about in the long run

What does in the long run mean?
In the long run means after a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally.
What is in the long run in Tamil?
In the long run in Tamil is நீண்டநாட்களில், காலப்போக்கில். See In the long run meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in the long run?
In the long run is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the long run in the dictionary

  1. in the least
  2. in the light of
  3. in the limelight
  4. in the limit
  5. in the line of duty
  6. in the long run
  7. in the long term
  8. in the loop
  9. in the lump
  10. in the main
  11. in the making

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in the long run (page history and authors); in the long run (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in the long run (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); in the long run (Kannada 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-au-in the long run.ogg.

Cite this entry: “in the long run.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/in_the_long_run. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.