English dictionary
long
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having or being more than normal or necessary
adjective
- primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
adjective
- primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
adjective
- (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
adjective
- holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
adjective
- planning prudently for the future
adjective
- good at remembering
adjective
- involving substantial risk
adjective
- of relatively great height
adverb
- for an extended time or at a distant time
adverb
- for an extended distance
verb
- desire strongly or persistently
Example sentences
long on brains
in long supply
a long road
a long distance
contained many long words
ten miles long
a long life
a long boring speech
a long time
a long friendship
a long game
the English vowel sounds in ‘bate’, ‘beat’, ‘bite’, ‘boat’, ‘boot’ are long
is long on coffee
a long position in gold
large goals that required farsighted policies
took a long view of the geopolitical issues
a retentive mind
tenacious memory
long odds
{'source': 'Sherwood Anderson', 'text': 'a race of long gaunt men'}
looked out the long French windows
a promotion long overdue
something long hoped for
his name has long been forgotten
talked all night long
how long will you be gone?