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long
Adjective
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
term
Noun
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A term is a word or group of words, usually one with a special meaning in a particular field or area.
They didn't know the meaning of the technical terms the doctor was using.
What is the definition of this term?
At age 10, she only knew that it was a term of abuse, a swear word.
She spoke in glowing terms about the progress they had made.
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You use "in terms of" to introduce a topic or subject.
Simply spending more money is not useful in terms of getting people back to work.
In terms of both numbers of people and size, California is one of the largest States in America.
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If you talk about something in general/economic/human, etc. terms, you talk about it from that point of view.
The changes are great in dollar terms, but the human cost is too high.
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A term is a period of time.
The President of Mexico is limited to serving a single term of six years.
He faces a maximum prison term of 15 years and $8.5 million in fines
The price may be up and down, but over the long term it will certainly rise.
The period of employment comes to term in three years.
She carried the baby to term.
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A term is one of the times of year when school classes are held, usually September to December and January to April or June, also June to August.
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A term is a number or symbol in a formula.
The equation only worked when we included an extra constant term.
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If you compare money or numbers in real terms, you compare the value on an equal basis.
Today we are paying less for gasoline in real terms than we have at any time since 1918.
Although the absolute number of trucking accidents is up slightly, they are down 10 percent in the decade in real terms .
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If you come to terms with something that is not nice, you accept it.
He hasn't come to terms with the fact that she's not coming back.
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The terms of a contract or purchase are its rules, conditions and limits.
The company has announced generally agreement on a new contract though the exact terms still have to be worked out.
Under the terms of the purchase, we get the house on July 14th.
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If two or more people or groups are on good/equal/bad etc. terms, they have a relationship that is good/equal/bad etc.
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If two or more people or groups are on speaking terms, they are not close but do speak to each other.
term
Verb
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If you term something a particular name or description, you give that name or description to it.
The 1980s have been termed "The Forgotten Decade" by rock fans.
White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater termed the GNP growth "moderately healthy".
For lack of a better word, you might term it a police state.
load
Noun
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A load is something carried, often something heavy.
The truck arrived with a load of dog food.
You've got quite a load. Let me help you carry it.
The ship won't leave until it has a full load of oil.
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Loads/a load of something is a lot of it.
We've had a load of problems ever since we got the new stuff.
It costs loads of money.
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Your load is how much work you have.
We hired another person to spread the load a bit more.
Teachers are asking for a lower teaching load.
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Load is the amount electrical power produced.
load
Verb
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If you load mathx/math on mathy/math, you put mathx/math on mathy/math to be carried. Usually there is a lot of mathx/math, and/or it is heavy.
We loaded the boxes on the truck and set off for Vancouver.
After loading up the horses, we got on and headed north.
The waiter loaded all the food onto a tray and carried it out.
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If you load a machine, you put in supplies that the machine uses.
He loaded the gun, brought it up, and shot the deer in one continuous motion.
All the software has been loaded onto the computer.