Long

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Extending or traveling a relatively great distance.
  • adjective. Having relatively great height; tall.
  • adjective. Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several.
  • adjective. Of relatively great duration.
  • adjective. Of a specified linear extent or duration.
  • adjective. Made up of many members or items.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Extending beyond an average or standard.
  • adjective. Extending or landing beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal.
  • adjective. Tediously protracted; lengthy.
  • adjective. Concerned with distant issues; far-reaching.
  • adjective. Involving substantial chance; risky.
  • adjective. Having an abundance or excess of.
  • adjective. Having a holding of a commodity or security in expectation of a rise in price.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having a comparatively great duration. Used of a vowel or consonant.
  • adjective. Relating to or being the English speech sounds (ā, ē, ī, ō, oo͞) that are tense vowels or diphthongs.
  • adjective. Being of relatively great duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
  • adverb. During or for an extended period of time.
  • adverb. At or to a considerable distance; far.
  • adverb. Beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal.
  • adverb. For or throughout a specified period.
  • adverb. At a point of time distant from that referred to.
  • adverb. Into or in a long position, as of a commodity market.
  • noun. A long time.
  • noun. A long syllable, vowel, or consonant.
  • noun. One who acquires holdings in a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in price.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A garment size for a tall person.
  • noun. Trousers extending to the feet or ankles.
  • idiom. (any longer) For more time.
  • idiom. (before long) Soon.
  • idiom. (long ago) At a time or during a period well before the present.
  • idiom. (long ago) A time well before the present.
  • idiom. (long in the tooth) Growing old.
  • idiom. (no longer) Not now as formerly.
  • idiom. (not long for) Unlikely to remain for much more time in.
  • idiom. (the long and the short of it) The substance or gist.
  • intransitive verb. To have an earnest, heartfelt desire, especially for something beyond reach.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To have a yearning or wistful desire; feel a strong wish or craving; hanker: followed by for or after before the object of desire, or by an infinitive.
  • To long for; desire.
  • Same as along: in the phrase long of, sometimes written ‘long of.
  • To belong.
  • To a great extent in space; with much length: as, a line long drawn out.
  • Far; to or at a distance, or an indicated distance.
  • To a great extent in time; for an extended period; with prolonged duration: as, he has been long dead; it happened long ago, long before, or long afterward; a long-continued drought; a long-forgotten matter.
  • For a length of time; for the period of: used with terms of limitation: as, how long shall you remain? as long as I can; all day long.
  • An abbreviation of longitude.
  • See -ling.
  • Word Usage
    "We cannot� be free as long as our human rights are violated, as long� as we don't have economic equality and as long as we� are not participating in gender-balanced political bodies."
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    brief  short  
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    Guangdong  Hmong  Jong  Kong  Pong  
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    5yr  Sec.  Sher  amodal  audiometric  
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    longed  longing  longs