long-range

See also: longrange

English

Alternative forms

• longrange

Adjective

long-range (comparative longer-range, superlative longest-range)

1. Operating, or capable of operating, over a great distance.

   Long-range missiles can shoot down any planes before they can even be seen.

   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Carroll struck twice - the first a spectacular long-range strike - as Liverpool established a deserved three-goal lead by the interval and kept their own European ambitions alive with a vibrant display.

2. Involving a great period of time.

   Long-range planning is not my specialty.

   • 1984 December 15, Charles Fuller, Henry Craig Chinn, “Black Men's Association of Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 13:

     Where do you see the group going in the next few years? Do you have any long range plans?

Synonyms

• LR

 

Antonyms

• close-range
• short-range

 

Derived terms

• extra-long-range (XLR)
• LR

 

Related terms

• close-range
• extended-range
• extra-long-range
• intermediate-range
• long range
• medium-range
• short-range

 

Translations

Capable of operating over a great distance

• Azerbaijani: uzaqvuran (of weapons)
• Belarusian: дальнабо́йны (dalʹnabójny) (weapons)
• Bulgarian: далекобоен (dalekoboen)
• Italian: a lunga gittata
• Russian: дальнобо́йный (ru) (dalʹnobójnyj) (weapons), да́льнего де́йствия (dálʹnevo déjstvija) (aircraft, transmitters), да́льний (ru) (dálʹnij) (aircraft)
• Turkish: uzun erim, uzun menzilli
• Ukrainian: далекобі́йний (dalekobíjnyj) (weapons)

Involving a great period of time

• Russian: долгосро́чный (ru) (dolgosróčnyj)

Travelling over a long distance

• Russian: издалека́ (ru) (izdaleká)