for a long time
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Meaning · English
continuously or repeatedly over a large period
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Liên tục hoặc lặp lại trong một khoảng thời gian lớn
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: a lengthy duration
Register: neutral
Examples
I have not seen you for a long time.Tôi đã không nhìn thấy bạn trong một thời gian dài.
The other day, I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.Một ngày nọ, tôi có ghé qua một tiệm sách cũ trên đường về nhà, và tôi đã tìm thấy một cuốn sách mà tôi đã tìm rất lâu rồi.
Tatoeba sentence #2862869 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Everyday learner phrase (CEFR A1); level cross-referenced from published learner lists. Definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “for a long time” mean?
continuously or repeatedly over a large period Literally: a lengthy duration
Is “for a long time” formal or informal?
for a long time is generally neutral.