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long

 
 
/lɒŋ/ adverb

Translation

for a long time
uzun süre, epey zaman
We didn't have to wait long for the train. The band played long into the night.1551
as long as used when you are talking about something that must happen before something else can happen
...dığı/diği sürece; ...mak/mek şartıyla; eğer
You can play football as long as you do your homework first.1243
before long soon
çok geçmeden, daha fazla geç olmadan, kısa zamanda
He'll be home before long.1580
long ago If something happened long ago, it happened a great amount of time ago.
uzun süre önce, epey önce, çok evvelden
1579
no longer/not any longer not now
artık, bundan böyle
He no longer works here.1579
(Definition of long adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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