long run
The distant future
The long run is an extended period of time, as opposed to the short run or immediate future.
In economics, it's specifically a timeframe long enough for all factors of production to be variable—prices adjust, firms enter or exit markets, capital can be replaced.
In the long run, inflation erodes savings.
The phrase in the long run means eventually or ultimately, often implying that short-term difficulties will resolve themselves.
Developing abilities through practice
- raceCompetition of speed
- runnerOne who sprints
- paceSpeed of movement
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
hydration · carbohydrate · finisher · medal · bib · course · personal-best · stamina
Firmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
grit · patience · commitment · stamina · dedication · willpower · discipline · resolve
At a later time
- ultimatelyIn the end
- futureTime still to come
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- outlookAttitude toward the future
decades · years · trajectory · trend · projection · forecast · planning · sustainability
training
Developing abilities through practice
endurance · hydration · carbohydrate · finisher · medal · bib · course · personal-best · stamina · athlete
determination
Firmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
fortitude · grit · patience · commitment · stamina · dedication · willpower · discipline · resolve · doggedness
eventually
At a later time
- ultimatelyIn the end
- futureTime still to come
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
outlook · decades · years · trajectory · trend · projection · forecast · planning · sustainability · legacy
investment
Deploying capital for returns
strategy · stocks · bonds · dividends · capital · equity · funds · securities · assets · wealth
- "Long" wordslonghorn, longevity
- production economicsinputs, outputs, output, labor, fixed costs
- runningrunner, running shoes, running shorts, running gear, running club
- extended periodyear, decade, century, millennium, era
- Running culturerace bib, medal ceremony, water stations, aid stations, pace group
- running workoutssprints, intervals, fartlek, speed work, steady state
long runshort term
Of limited duration
near term · here and now · right now · moment · instant
long runshort term
Of limited duration
immediate future · near future · immediate · present · now
long runshort term
Of limited duration
immediate · near term · transitional period · adjustment period
run, long, length, longer, lengthy, prolong, prolonged, lengthen, elongate