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English
Adjective
long-awaited (comparative more long-awaited, superlative most long-awaited)
- having been awaited for a long time
2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 42:The recent announcement of £395 million of Scottish and UK Government funding for the 'Borderlands' growth deal [...] has brought with it a pledge of £10 million to fund the long-awaited feasibility study into extending the Borders Railway through to Carlisle.
Translations
having been awaited for a long time
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