long-range
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Operating, or capable of operating, over a great distance.
- Long-range missiles can shoot down any planes before they can even be seen.
- 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.2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
1 more example
- I heard the flutter of a camera, saw a man a few yards behind me taking photos with a long-range lens.2024, Megan Miranda, Daughter of Mine, Scribner, page 95:
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Involving a great period of time.
- Long-range planning is not my specialty.
- Where do you see the group going in the next few years? Do you have any long range plans?1984 December 15, Charles Fuller, Henry Craig Chinn, “Black Men's Association of Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 13:
- Synonyms
- LR
- Antonyms
- close-range, short-range
- Derived terms
- extra-long-range, LR
- Related terms
- close-range, extended-range, extra-long-range, intermediate-range, long range, medium-range, short-range