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. Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
4. (informal) Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
5. (usually) 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. (Ireland, UK, dated) 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. (Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of taking a long time.
16. (Multicultural-London-English, broadly, slang) stupid; annoying; bullshit
17. (Multicultural-London-English, broadly, slang) serious; deadly.
18. (Canada, US) Measuring 8½ in × 13 in.
19. (Philippines) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in.

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. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated) 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 (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it).
4. (adjective, adverb, participle) For a long time.
5. (rare) 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.

Opposite of

short, a short distance, an instant, a minute, a moment, a second, a short time, not long

Synonyms

tall

yearn

for a long time

extended

desire

far

prolonged

lengthy

a long time

high

crave

elongated

miss

distant

protracted

large

deep

big

wish

old

🧓

aspire

length

long ago

enduring

remote

lasting

ache

very long

drawn-out

wish for

hanker

lengthened

late

extensive

covet

be long

hope

long time

forever

great

straight hair

aim

rectangular

strive

chronic

longtime

die

💀

languish

itch

expect

Translations

long

lang

largo

lungo

lang

longtemps

longo

lange

comprido

μακρύς

longus

uzun

llarg

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɒŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: long

Inherited from Old English: long

Cognate with Scots: lang

Cognate with Northern Frisian: long

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: loang

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Western Frisian: -

Cognate with Dutch: -

Cognate with German: lang

Cognate with Swedish: lång

Cognate with Icelandic: langur

Cognate with Portuguese: longo

Cognate with Spanish: luengo

Cognate with French: long

Cognate with Latin: longus

Cognate with Russian: дли́нный

Cognate with Sanskrit: दीर्घ

Inherited from Middle English: longe

Inherited from Old English: longe

Inherited from Middle English: longen

Inherited from Old English: langian

Cognate with German: langen

Cognate with Swedish: langa

Cognate with Icelandic: langa

Cognate with German: verlangen

Inherited from Old English: ġelong

In summary

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 lung, lüng (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), West Frisian lang (“long”), Cimbrian lång (“long”), Dutch, German and Low German lang, Luxembourgish laang (“long”), Mòcheno lònk (“long”), Vilamovian łaong (“long”), Yiddish לאַנג (lang, “long”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk lang (“long”), Faroese and Icelandic langur (“long”), Swedish lång (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”), French long, Italian lungo, Latin longus (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj), до́лго (dólgo), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”).
The word shows the regular historical change of a to o before certain consonant clusters such as ng (compare with other examples in Middle and Modern English such as bond, song, throng, and wrong). The o-form may have also 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 .

There was a long silence .

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

Not long afterwards the group disbanded .

The adipose fin is usually very long .

Their long , curved thick bills are adapted for digging and probing .