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long > 12 senses
ADJECTIVE1longPrimarily temporal sense
2longPrimarily spatial sense
3longOf relatively great height
4long, retentive, recollective, tenaciousGood at remembering
5longHolding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
6long(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
7longInvolving substantial risk
8long, farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, longsightedPlanning prudently for the future
9longHaving or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
ADVERB1longFor an extended time or at a distant time
2longFor an extended distance
VERB1long, hanker, yearnDesire strongly or persistently
long > pronunciation
Soundslao'ng
Rhymesalong, Armstrong, belong, and 28 more rhymes in aong...
long > adjective 1
MeaningPrimarily temporal sense. Being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified.
Examples"a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
Contraryshort
Similaragelong; bimestrial; daylong; drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted; durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived; eight-day; endless, eternal, interminable; hourlong; lifelong, womb-to-tomb; long-acting; long-dated; longish; long-life; longitudinal; long-range; long-run, long-term, semipermanent; longstanding; monthlong; nightlong, all-night, overnight; perennial; time-consuming; weeklong, seven-day; yearlong
Attribute ofduration, length
Nounslongness
Adverbslongest; longer
long > adjective 2
MeaningPrimarily spatial sense. Of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified.
Examples"a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
Contraryshort
Similarelongate, elongated; elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged; extendible, extendable; far; lank; long-handled, pole-handled; long-range; long-snouted; long-staple; long-wool, long-wooled; oblong; polysyllabic, sesquipedalian; stretch
Attribute oflength
Nounslongness
long > adjective 3
MeaningOf relatively great height.
Examples"a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
Similar totall
Nounslongness
long > adjective 4
MeaningGood at remembering.
Synonymsretentive, recollective, tenacious
Contraryunretentive, forgetful, short
See alsomindful, aware
long > adjective 5
MeaningHolding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices.
Examples"is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
Contraryshort
Categoryfinance
long > adjective 6
Meaning(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration.
Examples" the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
Contraryshort
Categoryphonetics
long > adjective 7
MeaningInvolving substantial risk.
Examples"long odds"
Similar tounsound
long > adjective 8
MeaningPlanning prudently for the future.
Examples"took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Synonymsfarseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, longsighted
Similar toprovident
long > adjective 9
MeaningHaving or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains".
Examples"in long supply"
Similar toabundant
long > adverb 1
MeaningFor an extended time or at a distant time.
Examples"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"
long > adverb 2
MeaningFor an extended distance.
long > verb, emotion
MeaningDesire strongly or persistently.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
ModelThey long to move
Synonymshanker, yearn
Broaderdesire, want
Narrowerache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
Nounslonging; longer

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