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Adjective
  • having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
    • in long supply
  • planning prudently for the future
    • large goals that required farsighted policies
    • took a long view of the geopolitical issues
  • involving substantial risk
    • long odds
  • (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
    • is long on coffee
    • a long position in gold
  • good at remembering
    • a retentive mind
    • tenacious memory
  • 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
    • a long road
    • a long distance
    • contained many long words
    • ten miles long
  • 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
  • for an extended distance
  • 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
  • desire strongly or persistently
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