as long as

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Conjunction

as long as

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as,‎ long.
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) 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), mientras (es), con tal que Tagalog: basta 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 que (es), siempre y cuando (es) Swedish: medan (sv) Ukrainian: по́ки (póky)

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