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long

adverb (IF)
 
 
/lɒŋ/ US  /lɑːŋ/

Definition

as/so long as B1 used to say that something must happen before something else can happen: I can come as long as I can leave by 4.00. Bring your friends by all means - just so long as I know how many are coming.Connecting words which express a condition
(Definition of long adverb (IF) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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