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Long

adjective

(compar. longer; superl. longest)

1.

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 boring speech" , "A long time" , "A long friendship" , "A long game" , "Long ago" , "An hour long" Antonym: short.

2.

Primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified. "A long distance" , "Contained many long words" , "Ten miles long" Antonym: short.

3.

Of relatively great height. "Looked out the long French windows"

4.

Good at remembering. Synonyms: recollective, retentive, tenacious. "Tenacious memory" Antonym: unretentive.

5.

Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices. "A long position in gold" Antonym: short.

6.

(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration. Antonym: short.

7.

Involving substantial risk.

8.

Planning prudently for the future. Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, longsighted, prospicient. "Took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

9.

Having or being more than normal or necessary:. "In long supply"

adverb

1.

For an extended time or at a distant time. "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"

2.

For an extended distance.

verb

(past & past part. longed; pres. part. longing)

1.

Desire strongly or persistently. Synonyms: hanker, yearn.

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"Long" Quotes from Famous Books

... pap with a wooden spoon, like a Kafir," said another. "I will feed him—if you have a very long spoon." ...

— Jess • H. Rider Haggard

... count of Toulouse, in 1196, Agenais formed part of the princess's dowry; and with the other estates of the last independent count of Toulouse it lapsed to the crown of France in 1271. This, however, was not for long; the king of France had to recognize the prior rights of the king of England to the possession of the countship, and restored it to him in 1279. During the wars between the English and the French in the 14th and 15th centuries, Agenais was ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... near and entering he submerged the canoe, and they commenced swimming; he caught them and brought them to the Admiral. He says that they are of the color of all the others of the Indies. They wear the hair (some of them) very long, others as with us; none of them have the hair cut as in Espanola and in the other lands. They are of very fine stature and all well grown; they have the genital member tied and covered, and the women all go naked ...

— The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 • Various

... inimitable Dana) are conceived in a spirit of paternal stringency, and proceed throughout on the hypothesis that poor Jack is an imbecile, and the other parties to the contract, rogues and ruffians. A long and wordy paper of precautions, a fo'c's'le bill of rights, must be read separately to each man. I had now the benefit of hearing it five times in brisk succession; and you would suppose I was acquainted with its contents. But the commissioner (worthy man) spends his days in doing ...

— The Wrecker • Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

... once said, speaking of his wicked brother; "he never could keep two shillings together. It's ever so long since I had to determine that nothing on earth should induce me to let him have half-a-crown. I must say that he did not take it amiss when I ...

— The Vicar of Bullhampton • Anthony Trollope

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