as long as
Given that, then
As long as sets a condition or time boundary.
It can mean "provided that": You can borrow my car as long as you fill the tank.
It can also mean "for the entire duration that": As long as I'm alive, you'll have a home here.
The phrase sometimes emphasizes extent: The line stretched as long as the eye could see.
Supplied or given
- givenAccepted as fact
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- contingentConditional or representative group
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
requirement · precondition · qualification · criterion · stipulation · proviso · caveat · clause
provided
Supplied or given
- givenAccepted as fact
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- contingentConditional or representative group
prerequisite · requirement · precondition · qualification · criterion · stipulation · proviso · caveat · clause · terms
time
Measured passage of moments
while · throughout · during · extent · stretch · term · meanwhile · meantime · ongoing · sustained
- conjunctionsand, but, or, for, nor
- connectivesand, or, but, because, nor
- subordinatorsthat, if, because, although, though
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- conditionalsif, then, if clause, if clauses, else
- restrictorsonly, just, merely, solely, exclusively
as long asunconditionally
Without any limitations
regardless · no matter what · irrespective of · in any case · come what may
as long asas soon as
Immediately when something occurs
the moment · until · briefly · momentarily · for a moment
long, length, lengthy, prolong, prolonged, lengthen, elongate, elongated, longevity