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Quick definitions from WordNet (long)
▸ noun: a comparatively long time ("This won't take long")
▸ verb: desire strongly or persistently
▸ adjective: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified ("A long road")
▸ adjective: 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")
▸ adjective: of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
▸ adjective: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices ("Is long on coffee")
▸ adjective: (of memory) having greater than average range ("A long memory especially for insults")
▸ adjective: involving substantial risk ("Long odds")
▸ adjective: used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
▸ adjective: of relatively great height ("A race of long gaunt men- Sherwood Anderson")
▸ adjective: having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains" ("In long supply")
▸ adjective: planning prudently for the future ("Took a long view of the geopolitical issues")
▸ adverb: for an extended time or at a distant time ("A promotion long overdue")
▸ adverb: for an extended distance
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 1086 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #86)
▸ name: A male given name (common: 1 in 25000 males; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1157)
▸ Also see longs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to long
▸ Usage examples for long
▸ Idioms related to long (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing long
▸ Popular nouns described by long
▸ Words that often appear near long
▸ Rhymes of long
▸ Invented words related to long
▸ noun: a comparatively long time ("This won't take long")
▸ verb: desire strongly or persistently
▸ adjective: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified ("A long road")
▸ adjective: 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")
▸ adjective: of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
▸ adjective: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices ("Is long on coffee")
▸ adjective: (of memory) having greater than average range ("A long memory especially for insults")
▸ adjective: involving substantial risk ("Long odds")
▸ adjective: used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
▸ adjective: of relatively great height ("A race of long gaunt men- Sherwood Anderson")
▸ adjective: having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains" ("In long supply")
▸ adjective: planning prudently for the future ("Took a long view of the geopolitical issues")
▸ adverb: for an extended time or at a distant time ("A promotion long overdue")
▸ adverb: for an extended distance
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 1086 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #86)
▸ name: A male given name (common: 1 in 25000 males; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1157)
▸ Also see longs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to long
▸ Usage examples for long
▸ Idioms related to long (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing long
▸ Popular nouns described by long
▸ Words that often appear near long
▸ Rhymes of long
▸ Invented words related to long