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The child holds a long stick while walking through the park.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension: Having a great distance from one end to the other.
    • Primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time: Lasting or taking a great amount of time.
    • Of relatively great height: Tall.
    • Having or being more than normal or necessary: Abundant or plentiful in a specified quality.
    • Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices: Owning financial assets with the expectation their value will increase.
    • Good at remembering: Having a retentive memory.
    • (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration: Pronounced with a greater length of time.
    • Involving substantial risk: Having low probability of success; long odds.

  2. Adverb:

    • For an extended time or at a distant time: For a great duration; far in the past or future.
    • For an extended distance: Over a great spatial extent.

  3. Verb (intransitive):

    • To desire strongly or persistently: To have a strong, earnest wish or yearning.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective (Spatial):
    • It is a long road from here to the city.
    • She has beautiful long hair.
  • Adjective (Temporal):
    • We had a long and productive meeting.
    • He has been a friend for a long time.
  • Adjective (Height):
    • The basketball player is very long and athletic.
  • Adjective (Abundant):
    • He is long on enthusiasm but short on experience.
  • Adverb (Time):
    • I have long admired her work.
    • They talked long into the night.
  • Adverb (Distance):
    • The signal could be heard long before we saw the source.
  • Verb:
    • The children long for the summer holidays.
    • She longed to travel the world.
Advanced Usage
  • "The long and the short of it": The essential point or summary of a matter.
    • The long and the short of it is that we need more funding.
  • "In the long run": Over or after a long period of time; eventually.
    • Saving money is difficult, but it pays off in the long run.
  • "To take a long view": To consider the distant future when making decisions.
    • The company is taking a long view by investing in sustainable energy.
  • "To have a long face": To look sad or disappointed.
    • Why do you have such a long face?
  • "So long": (Informal) Goodbye.
    • Thanks for coming! So long!
Variants and Related Words
  • Length (n.): The measurement of something from end to end; the amount of time something lasts.
  • Lengthen (v.): To make or become longer.
  • Lengthy (adj.): (Often used for time or writing) Very long, and often too long.
  • Longing (n.): A strong, persistent desire or wish.
  • Longevity (n.): Long life; long existence or duration.
  • Long-term (adj.): Involving or extending over a long period.
  • Long-distance (adj./adv.): Covering a great distance.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (Spatial/Temporal): Extended, lengthy, prolonged, extensive.
  • Adjective (Tall): Tall, lofty.
  • Verb: Yearn, pine, crave, desire, hanker.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Long for: To desire something very much.
    • He longed for the peace of the countryside.
  • Long after: To desire or remember something from a distant past.
    • She still longed after her days at university.
Related Idioms
  • As long as / So long as: Provided that; on the condition that.
    • You can borrow the car as long as you fill up the tank.
  • Before long: Soon; after a short time.
    • He started a new job, and before long he was promoted.
  • All day long: For the entire day.
    • It rained all day long.
  • For long: For a long period of time. (Often used in negative or interrogative sentences).
    • He didn't stay for long.
    • Will you be away for long?
long

The child holds a long stick while walking through the park.

Adjective
  1. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
    • in long supply
  2. planning prudently for the future
    • large goals that required farsighted policies
    • took a long view of the geopolitical issues
  3. involving substantial risk
    • long odds
  4. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
    • the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long
  5. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
    • is long on coffee
    • a long position in gold
  6. good at remembering
    • a retentive mind
    • tenacious memory
  7. of relatively great height
    • a race of long gaunt men- Sherwood Anderson
    • looked out the long French windows
  8. 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
  9. 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
Adverb
  1. for an extended distance
  2. 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
  1. desire strongly or persistently

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