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Long

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Definitions for Long

verb
desire strongly or persistently
Synonyms
hanker yearn
adjective
primarily temporal sense
Examples
  1. being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
  2. a long life
  3. a long boring speech
  4. a long time
  5. a long friendship
  6. a long game
  7. long ago
  8. an hour long
adjective
primarily spatial sense
Examples
  1. of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
  2. a long road
  3. a long distance
  4. contained many long words
  5. ten miles long
adjective
of relatively great height
Examples
  1. a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson
  2. looked out the long French windows
adjective
good at remembering
Synonyms
retentive recollective tenacious
Examples
  1. a retentive mind
  2. tenacious memory
adjective
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
Examples
  1. is long on coffee
  2. a long position in gold
adjective
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
Examples
  1. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long
adjective
involving substantial risk
Examples
  1. long odds
adjective
planning prudently for the future
Synonyms
farseeing farsighted foresighted foresightful prospicient longsighted
Examples
  1. large goals that required farsighted policies
  2. took a long view of the geopolitical issues
adjective
having or being more than normal or necessary
Examples
  1. long on brains
  2. in long supply
adverb
for an extended time or at a distant time
Examples
  1. a promotion long overdue
  2. something long hoped for
  3. his name has long been forgotten
  4. talked all night long
  5. how long will you be gone?
  6. arrived long before he was expected
  7. it is long after your bedtime
adverb
for an extended distance

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