How to spell long-term

hear it/lɔŋ_tɜrm/adjectivePrefixes and work

What it means: Lasting over an extended period of time.

In a sentence: Saving money is a smart long-term plan.

Same family: long, short-term, long-term planning, long-term effects, long-term goal. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Long-term is a modern compound adjective formed from the words 'long' (from Old English ‘lang’) and 'term' (from Latin ‘terminus’, meaning ‘end’ or ‘boundary’). It became common in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe investments, plans, and effects that last for many years.

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