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To be adequate or helpful for a significant amount of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- This new law will go a long way in addressing this issue.
- Thank you for your generous donation; I'm sure it will go a long way.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To achieve considerable success.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- All parents hope that their children will go a long way in their lives.
- The moment I met him I knew he would go a long way.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: suffice, do, answer, serve
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
大大有助
(dàdà yǒuzhù)
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Finnish:
auttaa paljon
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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French:
être d'une grande aide
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Italian:
essere di grande aiuto
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Italian:
essere molto utile
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Polish:
wystarczać
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Polish:
wystarczyć
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Spanish:
dar para mucho
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Spanish:
dar mucho de sí
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Spanish:
cundir/rendir (mucho)
— be helpful for a significant amount of time
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Chinese Mandarin:
取得巨大的成功
(qǔdé jùdà de chénggōng)
— achieve considerable success
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Finnish:
päästä pitkälle
— achieve considerable success
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Finnish:
mennä pitkälle
— achieve considerable success
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French:
aller loin
— achieve considerable success
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French:
réussir
— achieve considerable success
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Italian:
fare molta strada
— achieve considerable success
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Italian:
raggiungere un grande successo
— achieve considerable success
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Polish:
odnosić sukces
— achieve considerable success
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Polish:
odnieść sukces
— achieve considerable success
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Russian:
дости́чь значи́тельных успе́хов
(dostíčʹ značítelʹnyx uspéxov)
— achieve considerable success
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Russian:
далеко́ пойти́
(dalekó pojtí)
— achieve considerable success
