say it: LAWNG-turm
long-term is an adjective meaning "relating to or extending over a relatively long time". It carries one recorded sense.
relating to or extending over a relatively long time
“the long-run significance of the elections”
“the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war”
“a long-term investment”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for long-term come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.