as long as

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Conjunction

as long as

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: 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 (author), 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) Since, in view of the fact that.

   As long as you're here, you may as well help me with the garden.

Synonyms

• (provided that): provided, so long as
• (since): as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

if, assuming

• Afrikaans: solank (af)
• Arabic: مَا دَامَ‎ (mā dāma)
• 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 (...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
• Portuguese: se (pt), contanto que (pt), desde que
• Russian: е́сли (ru) (jésli), е́сли то́лько (jésli tólʹko)
• Slovak: pokiaľ
• Spanish: siempre y cuando, mientras (es), con tal que
• Tagalog: basta

while

• Afrikaans: solank (af)
• Belarusian: паку́ль (pakúlʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ...的時候 (zh), ...的时候 (zh) (...de shíhou), 當 (zh), 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)
• 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: 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)
• Polish: dopóki (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
• Swedish: medan (sv)
• Ukrainian: по́ки (póky)

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