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English - English Dict (Wordnet)
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Adjective - having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
- planning prudently for the future
- large goals that required farsighted policies
- took a long view of the geopolitical issues
- involving substantial risk
- (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
- the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long
- holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
- of relatively great height
- a race of long gaunt men- Sherwood Anderson
- looked out the long French windows
- primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
- contained many long words
- primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
Adverb - for an extended time or at a distant time
- his name has long been forgotten
- how long will you be gone?
- arrived long before he was expected
- it is long after your bedtime
Verb - desire strongly or persistently
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