as long as

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

as long as

1. (idiomatic) Provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).

   Synonyms: so long as, provided

   I don't mind if he stays there, as long as he cleans up after himself when he's done.

   • 1997, Max Martin, Backstreet Boys, “As Long as You Love Me”:

     I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me

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).

Derived terms

• it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right

Translations

if, assuming — see so long as

while

• Afrikaans: solank (af)
• Belarusian: паку́ль (pakúlʹ)
• Bulgarian: докато (bg) (dokato), по време на (po vreme na) (near-synonym)
• Catalan: mentre (ca), tant que
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ...的時候 / ...的时候 (zh) (...de shíhou), 當 / 当 (zh) (dāng)

• Czech: zatímco (cs), dokud (cs)
• Dutch: zolang (nl)
• Esperanto: tiom longe kiom, tiel longe kiel
• Finnish: niin kauan kuin
• French: pendant que (fr), tant que (fr), tandis que (fr)
• Georgian: სადამდეც (sadamdec)
• German: solange (de), während (de)
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴 (þandē)
• Greek: όσο (el) (óso)
• Hebrew: כל עוד (kol od)
• Hungarian: amíg (hu), ameddig (hu), míg (hu)
• Icelandic: á meðan (is)
• Irish: chomh fada is
• Italian: mentre (it)
• Japanese: ...間に (ja) (...あいだに, ...aida ni), ...時に (ja) (...ときに, ...toki ni)
• Korean: 하는 동안 (haneun dong'an)
• Latin: dōnec (la), quamdiū, quoad (la)
• Low German:

  German Low German: solang, wieldes, wielt, dewiel, wieldat, wiel dat, amangs, indes, wiel, inwiel, indem

• Norwegian: medan (no) (Nynorsk), mens (no) (Bokmål)
• Old English: swa lange swa
• Polish: dopóki (pl), skoro (pl)
• Portuguese: enquanto (pt)
• Romanian: în timp ce
• Russian: пока́ (ru) (poká), поку́да (ru) (pokúda), до тех по́р пока́ (do tex pór poká), в то вре́мя как (ru) (v to vrémja kak)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: док

  Latin: dok (sh)

• Slovak: keďže
• Spanish: mientras (es)
• Swedish: medan (sv)
• Ukrainian: по́ки (póky)

Preposition

as long as

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as,‎ long.

   These meetings can last as long as three hours.

References

• “as long as”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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