Example: You can play outside as long as you finish homework.
Definition
"As long as" is a conjunction used to indicate that one action or condition depends on another being met or continued. It means 'provided that' or 'on the condition that,' as in 'You can play outside as long as you finish homework.'
The phrase "as long as" originates from Old English expressions combining 'as' and 'long,' used to denote duration or condition. Over time, it evolved into a common conjunction expressing conditional relationships in sentences.
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"As long as" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (A2) - set 1", containing 104 commonly used expressions.
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