LONG
Definition:
- [adverb] 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"
- [adverb] for an extended distance
- [noun] a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long"
- [verb] desire strongly or persistently
Synonyms: hanker, yearn
- [adjective] 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"
- [adjective] 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"
- [adjective] of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
- [adjective] holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
- [adjective] of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
- [adjective] used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
- [adjective] involving substantial risk; "long odds"
- [adjective] (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory"
Synonyms: tenacious
- [adjective] planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, sighted
- [adjective] having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"
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