Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long-running

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.13 in modern English

Syllables: long-run-ning
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Operating for a relatively extended period of time.

Example Sentences

"The long-running play finally closed on Broadway, just short of setting a record for longest playing."
"Services on SWR's neighbour Southern were badly disrupted for nearly 40 days in 2016-17 following a long-running dispute involving drivers union ASLEF and the RMT. And it's passengers - the very people the railway is there for - who are caught in the middle."
"It’s one of the world’s longest-running experiments, having already gone on for 142 years. And the botanists in East Lansing hope that it will last for at least another 80."

Inflected Forms

longer-running (comparative) longest-running (superlative)

Questions

What does long-running mean?: Operating for a relatively extended period of time.

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