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long

/ long /
noun/adverb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a comparatively long time
"this won''t take long"
"they haven''t been gone long"
Type of:
long time age years
adverb Sense 2
for an extended time or at a distant time
"a promotion long overdue"
"something long hoped for"
"his name has long been forgotten"
"talked all night long"
"how long will you be gone?"
"arrived long before he was expected"
"it is long after your bed"
adjective satellite Sense 3
of relatively great height
"a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson"
"looked out the long French windows"
Similar:
tall
adjective satellite Sense 4
used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
Similar:
stressed
Domain:
prosody metrics
adjective satellite Sense 5
involving substantial risk
"long odds"
Similar:
unsound
adjective satellite Sense 6
(of memory) having greater than average range
"a long memory especially for insults"
"a tenacious memory"
Similar:
retentive
adverb Sense 7
for an extended distance
adjective Sense 8
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
"is long on coffee"
"a long position in gold"
Opposites:
short
Domain:
finance
adjective Sense 9
of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate'', `beat'', `bite'', `boat'', `boot'')
Opposites:
short
Domain:
phonetics
adjective Sense 10
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
"a long life"
"a long boring speech"
"a long time"
"a long friendship"
"a long game"
"long ago"
"an hour"
Similar:
agelong bimestrial daylong drawn-out extended lengthy prolonged protracted
Opposites:
short
adjective Sense 11
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
"a long road"
"a long distance"
"contained many long words"
"ten miles long"
Similar:
elongate elongated extended lengthened prolonged extendible extendable far
Opposites:
short
adjective satellite Sense 12
having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
"in long supply"
Similar:
abundant
verb Sense 13
desire strongly or persistently
Type of:
desire want
Kinds of:
ache yearn yen pine languish
Derived:
longer thirster yearner longing yearning
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
adjective satellite Sense 14
planning prudently for the future
"large goals that required farsighted policies"
"took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Similar:
provident
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
14
Total Synonyms
22
Total Relationships
41
Times Searched
5
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Related Words

long time age years tall stressed unsound retentive short agelong bimestrial daylong drawn-out