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ADJECTIVE long COMPARATIVE longer SUPERLATIVE longest
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long English

Meaning long meaning

What does long mean?
Definitions in simple English

long Adjective

— If something is long, it takes a lot of time. At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie. That was a long time ago, when I was a child. How long is it until we have our trip? He was often quiet for long periods of time. — If something is long, it has a large distance from end to end. It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair. The paper was about 20 cm long and 12 cm wide. You can hear it across long distances. She wore a long gray skirt with a black jacket.

long Adverb

— If something takes long, it takes a lot of time. We had dinner together not so long ago. I do not know how long I was standing there. She left home long before I did. I could not go on any longer. Those days are so long gone. This change is long overdue.

long Verb

— If you long for something, you wish for or really want it. Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife.

long

— 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 a long boring speech a long time a long friendship a long game long ago an hour long — adjective 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 — adverb 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 bedtime — verb (= hanker) desire strongly or persistently — adjective of relatively great height a race of long gaunt men — Sherwood Anderson looked out the long French windows — adjective involving substantial risk long odds — adverb for an extended distance — adjective (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration the English vowel sounds in 'bate', 'beat', 'bite', 'boat', 'boot' are long — adjective holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices is long on coffee a long position in gold — adjective having or being more than normal or necessary long on brains in long supply — adjective (= retentive, tenacious) good at remembering a retentive mind tenacious memory — adjective (= farsighted) planning prudently for the future large goals that required farsighted policies took a long view of the geopolitical issues

Synonyms long synonyms

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long English » English

tall yearn for a long time extended desire far prolonged lengthy high crave a long time elongated protracted miss distant wish old large deep big remote long ago length enduring aspire wish for very long lasting hanker drawn-out ache strive straight hair rectangular longtime long time lengthened late hope great forever extensive covet chronic be long aim yearn for yamstick want vast

Topics long topics

What do people use long to talk about?
States Big

Long
States Big Distance

Far
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Hairstyle
States Time Take time

A long time
Person Body

Head
Person Body Head

Eye
Person Body Head

Nose
Language and thought Communication Say

Speak with others
Daily life Adornment

Care for the fingernails
States Time Period of time

Day
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Bird
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly
States Time Period of time Day

Night
States Time Aspectual time Future

Soon
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Insect
Person Life Stage of life

Old person
Language and thought

Want
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Uninterested, bored
Language and thought Communication Say Ask

Answer
Language and thought Communication

Make speech

  • What words describe a speaker who talks for a long time?
    long winded
Social behavior Relationships

Friend
Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Alone
Social behavior Behavior

Self-controlled
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Mercy
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Run
States

Big
States Time Period of time

Season
States Time Take time

A short time
States Time Aspectual time

Past
States Time Aspectual time Past

Recently
States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not new

Conjugation long conjugation

How do you conjugate long?

long · verb

Examples long examples

How do I use long in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I don't want to wait that long.
You must be tired after such a long trip.
I hope it won't be long before I hear from her.
Please forgive me for not having written for a long time.
How long have you been waiting for the bus?
How long ago did the bus leave?
How long will we have to wait?
How long will this cold weather go on?
How long have you waited?
How long will you be here?
I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.
How long did you stay?
I'm sorry, I can't stay long.
Well, the night is quite long, isn't it?
How long does it take to get to the station?
I wonder how long it's going to take.
It has been so long since I last went to Disneyland with my family.
A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.
Life is not long, it is wide!
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
As long as there's life, there is hope.
Ten years is a long time to wait.
I don't want to wait so long.

Movie subtitles

Your mom was a famous movie star a long time ago. And your brother is one of the top singer in our country. Killer, huh?
How long did the doctor say I have to live?
I'm okay as long as I'm within the school grounds.
Before long, Western civilization became the world's dominant civilization.
We tend to assume that our civilization, the one that's dominated the world for so long, will last for ever.
By contrast, it took the founder of the Ming dynasty 21 years to build a wall more than 20 miles long around his capital city, Nanjing.
Long before the industrial Revolution came to England, China was amazingly inventive.
It's just one long - very long - celebration of local autonomy.
No doubt after nine long days shut in a shoebox, it was the most able, and the certainly most indefatigable, candidates who passed the imperial examination.
And that explains why Zheng He, the personification of early Chinese expansionism, for so long forgotten, is a hero in today's newly gIobaIised China.
Yeah, that was. that was one long trip.
Well, Elder McKinley, I think it's okay that you're having gay thoughts. Just so long as you never act upon them.
We let anybody who wants to join up, so long as they're willing to commit to the Church.
We were put in a small room, door locked, curtains closed, and we sat silently all day long.
Comparable to the spiral nebulae we have known for long from photographic observation, like this one.
You won't live long if you keep this up.
A long time ago, a boat with 10 of our Spanish sisters ran aground here.
He threw himself into everything, while I, the good Jesuit student, weighed the pros and cons for so long, I'd never decide.
I gave you my word, so I will. As long as the uncles agree.
How long will that boy stay in our home?
A bit long.
I'll wait for as long as it takes.
Long live French Algeria!
How could you keep such a secret to yourself this long?
I miss you. all day long.
Has been for a long time.
Kids can get pretty much anything they want in the yard, as long as they can afford it.
As long as it's not too lumpy and shit.
Nick, my people have been patient long enough.
Well, the Ogopogo's a 100- foot-long sea monster, you idiot!
Took a long fucking walk.
How long do they usually keep people in here for?
As long as they want.
Be a long walk back, pal, we've been driving for nearly an hour.
How long would this be for?
I don't know how long.
Took them how long to build a fire?
I'm probably, without knowing it, less lonely than I have been in a long time because I'm interacting with people more often than I have in many years.
As long as you follow this sequence, you'll be able to win.
As long as you don't be a hindrance. I will.

News and current affairs

Some have argued instead that gold's long upward march has been partly driven by the development of new financial instruments that make it easier to trade and speculate in gold.
In the long run, America's growth pattern must undergo a structural shift from reliance on debt and consumption one based on Americans vaunted capacity for creativity and innovation.
Bad accounting frameworks always lead to bad information, and bad information leads to bad decisions, with serious long term consequences.
Science fiction ages fast, but it has a long afterlife.
With a dispassionate eye on the long game, what will the president himself be thinking?
The market will prove one side right before too long.
In the 1920's, some warned about an overpriced stock market, but they did not predict a decade-long depression affecting the entire economy.
Local-currency bond markets could help to develop domestic investor bases and mobilize domestic savings to support long-term investments.
A number of countries, including Denmark, the Netherlands, the US, and Belgium, have long-standing fiscal watchdog agencies, such as the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
But that process has a long way to go.
The collapse of world oil and gas prices has wounded Russia's budget, and lack of investment in the country's energy sector over the years is now causing the declining production that economists have long predicted.
As such, the long-term consequences are likely to be regrettable.
Their growth potential need not be severely affected as long as the implications of this new world for domestic and international policies are understood.
How long this state of affairs will last is unknown.
Cutting these programs will lower American economic growth in the long term, with negative consequences both at home and abroad.
But, in a currency union with huge differences in income and development levels, the short term can stretch out for a very long time.
That is one of many recent dramatic signs that our climate is changing and that our planet is warmer than it has been for a very long time.
Others take a flagrantly sexist stance, arguing that a woman president would be a non-starter as long as the North Korean regime continues to threaten national security.
What matters is their output of modern industrial goods (and services), which can expand without limit as long as domestic demand expands simultaneously.

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