as long as

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

as long as

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as,‎ long.

   These meetings can last as long as three hours.

   It took three times as long as I expected (= three times longer than I did).

2. (idiomatic) Provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).

   I don't mind if he stays there, as long as he cleans up after himself when he's done.

   • 1997, Max Martin, Backstreet Boys, As Long as You Love Me:

     I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me

3. (idiomatic) While, Since

   As long as you're here, you may as well help me with the garden.

Synonyms

• (provided that): provided, so long as

Derived terms

• it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right

Translations

if, assuming

• Afrikaans: solank (af)
• Arabic: مَا دَامَ (mā dāma), مَا (ar) (mā)
• Catalan: sempre que
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 只要 (zh) (zhǐyào)

• Czech: jestliže (cs), pokud (cs)
• Dutch: zolang (nl), mits (nl)
• Finnish: kunhan
• French: pour peu que (fr), du moment que (fr), pourvu que (fr)
• Georgian: მანამ (manam)
• German: solange (de), unter der Voraussetzung, dass, wenn (de)
• Greek: εφόσον (el) (efóson)

  Ancient Greek: ἐὰν μόνον (eàn mónon)

• Hebrew: כל עוד (kol 'od)
• Hungarian: ha (hu), hogyha (hu), amennyiben (hu)
• Indonesian: selama (id)
• Irish: chomh fada is
• Italian: purché (it), ammesso che, a patto che, a condizione che (it)
• Japanese: ...限り (ja) (...かぎり, ...kagiri)
• Latin: tamdiū quam
• Low German:

  German Low German: solang

• Macedonian: сѐ додека (sè dodeka), доколку (dokolku)
• Northern Kankanay: basta, mo ket
• Polish: o ile (pl)
• Portuguese: se (pt), contanto que (pt), desde que
• Russian: е́сли (ru) (jésli), е́сли то́лько (jésli tólʹko)
• Slovak: pokiaľ
• Spanish: siempre y cuando (es), con tal que, con tal de que, siempre que
• Tagalog: basta
• Thai: ตราบใดที่
• Vietnamese: miễn (vi)

while

• Afrikaans: solank (af)
• Belarusian: паку́ль (pakúlʹ)
• Catalan: mentre (ca), tant que
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ...的時候 / ...的时候 (zh) (...de shíhou), 當 / 当 (zh) (dāng)

• Czech: zatímco (cs), dokud (cs)
• Dutch: zolang (nl)
• Esperanto: tiel longe kiel
• Finnish: niin kauan kuin
• French: pendant que (fr), tant que (fr), tandis que (fr)
• Georgian: სადამდეც (sadamdec)
• German: solange (de), während (de)
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴 (þandē)
• Greek: όσο (el) (óso)
• Hebrew: כל עוד (kol od)
• Hungarian: amíg (hu), ameddig (hu), míg (hu)
• Irish: chomh fada is
• Italian: mentre (it)
• Japanese: ...間に (ja) (...あいだに, ...aida ni), ...時に (ja) (...ときに, ...toki ni)
• Korean: 하는 동안 (haneun dong'an)
• Latin: dōnec (la), quamdiū, quoad (la)
• Low German:

  German Low German: solang, wieldes, wielt, dewiel, wieldat, wiel dat, amangs, indes, wiel, inwiel, indem

• Norwegian: medan (no) (Nynorsk), mens (no) (Bokmål)
• Old English: swa lange swa
• Polish: dopóki (pl), skoro (pl)
• Portuguese: enquanto (pt)
• Romanian: în timp ce
• Russian: пока́ (ru) (poká), поку́да (ru) (pokúda), до тех по́р пока́ (do tex pór poká), в то вре́мя как (ru) (v to vrémja kak)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: док

  Roman: dok (sh)

• Slovak: keďže
• Spanish: mientras (es)
• Swedish: medan (sv)
• Ukrainian: по́ки (póky)

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