long

Meaning

Adj

1. Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
2. Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
3. (informal) Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
4. Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
5. Travelling or extending too great a distance in space.
6. Travelling or extending too great a distance in space.
7. Having great duration.
8. Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring, tedious, tiring, irksome, etc.
9. Not short; tall.
10. Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
11. Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
12. Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
13. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
14. (slang) In great supply; abundant.
15. (slang) Clipping of taking a long time.
16. (slang) stupid; annoying; bullshit
17. (slang) serious; deadly.

Noun

1. A long vowel.
2. A long syllable.
3. A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
4. A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
5. An entity with a long position in an asset; for example, a trader or investor possessing an amount of a company's shares.
6. A long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.
7. Clipping of long vacation (“summer vacation”).

Verb

To take a long position in.

Adv

1. Over a great distance in space.
2. Over a great distance in space.
3. For a particular duration.
4. For a long time.
5. For a long time.
6. A long time (see usage notes).

Verb

To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).

Verb

To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

Noun

Abbreviation of longitude.

Verb

To belong.

Concepts

long

tall

yearn

for a long time

desire

extended

far

lengthy

prolonged

a long time

crave

high

elongated

miss

protracted

distant

large

deep

old

wish

big

aspire

enduring

long ago

remote

length

ache

drawn-out

very long

lasting

hanker

wish for

aim

strive

extensive

chronic

forever

long time

hope

lengthened

straight hair

rectangular

great

covet

be long

longtime

late

perennially

ache for

long for

sigh

vast

important

grieve

long-continued

eternal

longstanding

durable

long-lasting

hunger

yearn for

expect

look forward to

extensively

elongate

itch

longish

sesquipedalian

be sad

lasting a long time

farseeing

farsighted

foresighted

foresightful

longsighted

prospicient

recollective

retentive

tenacious

die

long-dated

long-drawn

long-term

loud

be lengthened

become long

languish

pine

want

far-reaching

tedious

oblong

stretched out

perpetual

narrow boat

dragging ground

hair

faraway

yamstick

aspire to

hope for

await

wide

adj i & 3 deep

adj 9 high

refu is also used in cl 9

lanky

disadvantageous

wooden handle

cross one’s fingers

set one’s heart on

boisterous

sustainable

distantly

remotely

long pants

long-drawn-out

overlong

longitude

broad

outstretched

polysyllabic

reaching far

far off

long way off

desolate road

many

much

sigh after

wish anxiously

farstretched

loose gown worn by dervishes

suggestive of a shroud

upper garment

detailed

lingering

strong

long vacation

sustained

sagging

erect

oval

vertical

high place

grand

expensive

far away

fear

inveterate

become

tali

skinny

yam

long stick

stick

expanded

short

unkempt

of time

delayed

pork sausage

thick

anxious

be uneasy

linger

cry for

absence

how much

long dated

a long area

something long

need

regret

afar

across

ropey

long-lived

long-run

semipermanent

a good deal

abundantly

amply

galore

good deal

handsomely

heavily

loads

plenty

richly

unstintingly

very

in love

eternally

tiresome

lengthen

at length

for long

far reaching

permanently

fine hair

slow

take a long time

tarry

span of time

length of time

thin and flexible

spacious

long term

hairpin

like

continual rain

diffuse

discursive

long-winded

prolix

redundant

roundabout

verbose

voluble

wordy

agelong

long-cherished

long-standing

many years

years

sheep

long and narrow

intimate friendship

ancient times

voluminous

anticipate

excelling

profitable

gown

poisonous

snake

knife

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɒŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”).
Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), North Frisian long, lung (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), Norwegian, West Frisian, Dutch and German lang (“long”), Swedish lång (“long”), Icelandic langur (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”), French long, Latin longus (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj), до́лго (dólgo), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”).
The word exceptionally retains the Old English darkening of -a- before nasals. Though there are other such examples in Middle and Modern English (e.g. bond, song, throng, wrong), the o-form may have been reinforced by Old French long, from Latin longus, from the same Indo-European word. Doublet of lungo and lunge.

Sentences

He was going too fast by a long shot .

I have been waiting for you here at this oasis for a long time .

Not long afterwards the group disbanded .

As long as there is water in a cooking pot , the temperature cannot rise above a hundred degrees Celsius .

It has long attracted the best up-and-coming bluegrass musicians .