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as long as

idiom · idiom

4 meanings of as long as

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  1. 1
    idiom
    Used to say one thing is true only if another thing happens or is true.

    Like a deal where you only get one thing if you do another first.

    You can stay out late as long as you call me first.

    As long as everyone agrees, we can change the plan.

    Similarprovided, providing, if

    Oppositeunless

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  2. 2
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    Used to say something keeps happening during all the time another thing is true.

    Like a light that stays on the whole time you hold the button down.

    As long as the music played, the children kept dancing.

    She felt safe as long as the lights stayed on.

    Similarwhile

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  3. 3
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    Used to compare two things that are equal in length or in the time they take.

    The trip took as long as we thought it would.

    His new fence is as long as the old one was.

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  4. 4
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    Used before a naming word to compare something with it in length or in time taken.

    The snake was as long as a car.

    The wait felt as long as a whole day.

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