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long en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Middle English long English long 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”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), Yola lhaung, long (“long”), North Frisian long, lung, lüng (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), West Frisian lang (“long”), Cimbrian lång (“long”), Dutch, German, and Low German lang (“long”), 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”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (laggs, “long”); also Latin longus (“long”) (whence French long (“long”), Italian lungo (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”)), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós, “long; wearisome”), Albanian gjatë (“long; tall”), Latvian ilgs (“long”), Lithuanian ilgas (“long”), Belarusian до́ўгі (dówhi, “long”), Bulgarian дъ́лъг (dắlăg, “long”), Czech dlúhý (“long”), Macedonian долг (dolg, “long”), Polish długi (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj, “lengthy, long”), до́лгий (dólgij, “long”), Serbo-Croatian ду̏г, dȕg (“long”), Slovak dlhý (“long”), Slovene dolg (“long”), Ukrainian до́вгий (dóvhyj, “long”), Ossetian даргъ (darǧ, “late”), Central Kurdish دێر (dêr), درەنگ (dreng, “late”), Northern Kurdish dereng (“late”), Persian دیر (dēr / dir, “late; long”), درنگ (derang, “delay”), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”) (whence Bengali দীর্ঘ (dirgho, “long; tall”), Dhivehi ދިގު (digu, “long, lengthy”), Kalasha driga, dríga (“long; tall”), Kholosi taɽgo (“long”), Khowar درونگ (drung, “long”), Hindi दीर्घ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”), Nepali दिघो (digho, “stable”), Odia ଦୀର୍ଘ (dirgha, “long”), Sinhalese දිග (diga, “long”), Urdu دیرگھ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”)), Kamkata-viri drëgeř, drëgëř, drëŋëň, dërëgeň (“long; tall”), Prasuni jigni (“long; tall”). 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.

Meanings

  1. Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
    • How long was your newborn baby?
    • We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
    • The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • A mature silkworm is an impressive 2¾ inches (70 mm) long and eats 50,000 times its mature body weight over the course of its development. 2026, Elise Young, “Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 16:
    • I need a long piece of wood.
    • It’s a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
  2. Having much distance in space from one end to the other. ▸ Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below).
    • This table is long but not very high.
  3. Having much distance in space from one end to the other. ▸ Travelling a great distance.
    • Smith hoofs a long ball up to Jones.
  4. (informal) Having much distance in space from one end to the other. ▸ Having a long penis.
    • My ex was very strong but not very long.
  5. (of weapons fire, qualifier:landing aircraft, usually) Travelling or extending too great a distance in space. ▸ Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location.
    • The plane touched down long and overran the end of the runway.
    • Juneau was making good time with the other surviving U.S. Navy ships, despite her damage, when the I-26 spotted her and sent a salvo of Type 95 torpedoes in her direction. Passing between the Helena and San Francisco, some indication being they had actually been shot at the San Francisco and gone long because San Francisco was travelling significantly slower than expected, they nonetheless hit Juneau and detonated the ship’s magazine. 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 28:10 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022:
  6. (of a ball or shot) Travelling or extending too great a distance in space. ▸ Going beyond the intended target.
    • That forehand was long. It landed two feet beyond the baseline.
    • The pass was long and was gathered by the opposing goalkeeper.
  7. Having great duration.
    • The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
    • His speech was long and dull.
    • I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
    • I took a long look at the house, knowing it was for the last time.
  8. Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring, tedious, tiring, irksome, etc.
    • It took us three long weeks to clear the stones from the field.
    • It'll be a long journey home for the travelling supporters after that 5-0 defeat.
    • What I suffered with that rein for four long months in my lady’s carriage, it would be hard to describe, but I am quite sure that, had it lasted much longer, either my health or my temper would have given way. [1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 109:
  9. (Ireland, UK, dated) Not short; tall.
    • Bless ’em all, bless ’em all, the long, the short and the tall. 1940, Fred Godfrey, “Bless 'Em All”performed by George Formby:
    • The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  10. Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
    • I have a long position in DuPont.
    • I’m long in DuPont.
  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.
    • But Campbell thus did ſhut vp all in ieſt, / Braue Knights and Ladies, certes ye doe wrong / To ſtirre vp ſtrife, when moſt vs needeth reſt, / That we may vs reſerue both freſh and ſtrong, / Againſt the Turneiment which is not long. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto IIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 55:
  14. (Multicultural-London-English, of money, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) In great supply; abundant.
    • Rent-a-cars we road run, money longer than train smoke. 2013 October 7, “No Regrets” (track 7), in My Name Is My Name, performed by Pusha T:
    • Never lie, money longer than Pinnochio. 2013 June 12, “Shoulda Woulda” (track 16), in Project Baby, performed by Kodak Black:
    • I’m talkin’ ’bout… I’m talkin’ ’bout that long money. 2011 December 18, “Ballin' Uncontrollably” (track 7), in King Mather's LP, performed by Eminem:
    • Me and broke niggas, we don’t get along (Nah). Hair long (Long), money long (Yeah). 2012 November 8, “I'm Different” (track 6), in Based on a T.R.U. Story, performed by 2 Chainz:
    • Don't get it twisted, I love my fans. Everything about them keeps me strong. They're the reason why my money be long. Trust me bro, my money be long. 2017, “Uber Everywhere Freestyle 2”performed by Cadet (rapper):
    • I got some rope in the trunk, tape and one shovel Long money, talkin’ billions, nigga, and I want several 2021 September 24, “Hell on Earth, Pt. 2”, in Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B, performed by Westside Gunn:
    • Money so long, it’s offensive. 2016 November 24, “Upgrade You”performed by Kash Doll:
  15. (Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of taking a long time.
    • INCHEZ: Man this is long! We’ve been in here for time! 2023 January 15, Layton Williams, 12:51 from the start, in Freddy Syborn, director, Bad Education (Prison) (4), episode 3 (TV), spoken by Inchez (Anthony J. Abraham):
    • "Cadet, Cadet!" Not every day, fam. Can't you see why it's long? I just wanna get my creps and be gone. 2017, “Uber Everywhere Freestyle 2”performed by Cadet (rapper):
    • BOY: B, this is long for man, you know. B: Keep complaining. BOY: Fucking gemming it with these things (he continues collecting empty drinks cans). 2022 March 18, Ronan Bennett, Gerry Jackson, Tyrone Rashard, Sagirah Gammon, 00:35:44 from the start, in Brady Hood, director, Top Boy (Good Morals) (4), episode 1 (TV), spoken by unnamed boy, girl called B:
  16. (Multicultural-London-English, broadly, slang) stupid; annoying; bullshit
    • MOBEEN: I do love nature when it’s on television and David Attenborough’s presenting. I hate nature in real life! Smells like shite around here! Plants and (he waves a fly away) …plants and that. It’s so long! 2017 December 17, Guz Khan, Andy Milligan, “Upper Room” (00:38 from the start), in Ollie Parsons, director, Man Like Mobeen (1), episode 3 (TV), spoken by Mobeen Deen (Guz Khan):
    • Nah fuck that I don't like mixing my circles like that. Plus if some shit goes bad I gotta be in the middle it's all long 2023 February 18, Simba-xiv, “Most Guys Know That They're^([sic]) Friends Aren't Shit With Women”, in Reddit (subreddit: BlackPeopleTwitter):
    • DUSHANE: I’m stepping back from the roads now. All of that shit is long! And by next year, I want to be completely legit, then it’s just me, you and Tish. 2022 March 18, Ronan Bennett, Gerry Jackson, Tyrone Rashard, Sagirah Gammon, 00:15:46 from the start, in Brady Hood, director, Top Boy (Good Morals) (4), episode 1 (TV), spoken by Dushane (Ashley Walters):
    • [Verse 1: Sleeks]: Keep thinking about Ps that I need but it’s long. All these things that I've done in the streets got me on my knees trying to reason with God. B-B beefin’ is long but I might still greeze up a Don. 2015 September 18, “Brand New” (track 6), in Don't Panic, performed by Smoke Boys:
  17. (Multicultural-London-English, broadly, slang) serious; deadly.
    • JAMIE: Yo, if I see you man round here again, it is long for you! 2022 March 18, Ronan Bennett, Gerry Jackson, Tyrone Rashard, 32:20 from the start, in William Stefan Smith, director, Top Boy (Prove Yourself) (4), episode 8 (TV), spoken by Jamie (Micheal Ward):
  18. (Canada, US, of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 13 in.
  19. (Philippines, of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
longest Degree=Sup lexicographic
more long Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most long Degree=Sup lexicographic
longer Degree=Cmp lexicographic
lang Northumbria, alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

wide · short (antonym(s) of “having much distance from one point to another”) · shallow (antonym(s) of “having much distance from one point to another”) · short (antonym(s) of “having great duration”) · low (antonym(s) of “having much distance from one point to another”) · short · brief (antonym(s) of “having great duration”)

Deriveds (first 500 of 507)

block-long · long term · Long Flat · long-waisted · long ago · long-welded · long e · Long Sutton · long-time · for the long haul · longliver · long snapper · long service leave · long-lived · long-lost · long-jumper · long Second World War · long-legged buzzard · long-tongued bat · long-visaged · long tail · longrifle · long-billed · a week is a long time in politics · long-faced · long-drawn · old sins have long shadows · long-tailed paradise whydah · Long-a-Coming · longness · kick into the long grass · long betwixt the fingers · Long Compton · Stanton Long · long robe · long-suffering · edgelong · long case · long-held · by a long way · long hair sedge · long wave · long u · longterm · long-tailed parakeet · Long Gully · longleaf · long-dick · ultralong · longhorned · go a long way · long-toed water beetle · long-eared guinea pig · Long Drax · long and short stitch · long time · longarm · long-stop · long streak of misery · long john · Long Island · long-barrelled · long dozen · longheaded · long-play · longplay · long house · long nine · Long Buckby · longline · longboat · long-faced miner bee · long pig · not long for · long figure · long hundred · he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon · Longbone · long gross · longtime · hit into the long grass · longward · long arm statute · long block · long clothes · long s · long-legged · long-locked · long i · long-tongued · not long · a little of something goes a long way · long-focus lens · in the long run · longwhiles · longrange · longear · long night moon · longspun · longie · long price · long finger · go into the long grass · longhunter · a little goes a long way · long profile · long-termist · longish · long whist · before long · long-eared bat · overlong · long-playing · longhand · longcat · long int · Major's long-fingered bat · not long for this world · long a · very-long-chain · long-tailed · Long Duckmanton · long pepper · draw a long bow · take the long view · Mesoamerican Long Count calendar · long-acuminate · long sell · long-eared jerboa · long-billed corella · long row to hoe · Long Beach · long-lining · long run for a short slide · long ranger · long shot · long-lasting · long-house · long ghost · Long Crendon · longtail · long nineteenth century · long johns · long-arm statute · armlong · long title · long-hauler · long passive · it's a long road that has no turning · long-billed crow · long leet · long vehicle · superlong · long-form · longies · long oo · long file name · long-spurred violet · long pot · long-haul · Long Ashton · long coats · long rice · Long Marston · longhouse · long-pending · long scale · Long Man · Longview · long Barnaby · long-ranging · longcase · waistlong · long-acting · short reckonings make long friends · long thousand · long-sleeved · long trousers · long-tailed koel · long purples · longboard · long-tailed skipper · long-ranger · long-horned grasshopper · long six · long arm · long march through the institutions · longwise · Long Melford · long-billed marsh wren · you're a long time dead · erelong · long track · Longstanton · long corner · long drop · long maize · long gray line · long room · long in the tooth · long ball · long QT syndrome · long con · long ballot · little pitchers have long ears · longjaw · age-long · by a long shot · Long Branch · African long-tailed shrike · long purse · long-john · extralong · long-hauling · long sight · long-winded · put on the long finger · Long Eaton · take a long walk off a short pier · long-jawed spider · long-termism · Long Marton · longshoot · long measure · long ess · long-line bra · long bone · long-beaked bald rush · Land of the Long White Cloud · long-eared · so long · long odds · long lens · long eighteenth century · longwool · long-tailed planigale · long fuse · long vowel · long-spined bullhead · long-legged fly · long weekend · longcut · long-horned · old long syne · longbow · stretch the long bow · long white radish · longhair · long-togs · semilong · Longcat · longminded · punt into the long grass · long-distance · long-footed potoroo · long-legged bat · long-tailed hawk · Longrock · long posterior ciliary artery · as the day is long · long-span · centuries-long · longlimbed · long-term · longhaired · long-sighted · long arms · longcoat · long in coming · long hair don't care · stretching the long bow · Long Stratton · long ciliary nerve · long grasser · long appoggiatura · long game · long line · long-sufferance · long-haired · long-nose · long drink · night of the long knives · Pearson's long-clawed shrew · linger · short accounts make long friends · the long and short · long-life · long acre · long COVID · longbeard · longage · longly · long division · long ton · long-tailed parroquet · come a long way · long memory · long throw · long-tailed porcupine · tongue long enough to cut one's throat · daddy longlegs · long-toed stint · long-spun · long-term memory · very-long-baseline interferometry · longwall · long-headed · long-drawn-out · Long Jetty · tongue long enough to cut one's own throat · long-haired dictionary · long on · long pork · long face · longbeak · long green · longship · long egg · long-podded cowpea · long-tail boat · long-eared owl · longnecked · long way around · footlong · longspur · soft-long · longsuffering · long-ago · long integer · long rifle · long live the revolution · long-awaited · by a long chalk · Attenborough's long-beaked echidna · long-snouted seahorse · long meter · yard-long bean · Lombard · pull the long bow · night of long knives · long haul · long-billed curlew · longdog · long-range · long-sleever · long-running · long bullets · sharp-long · Patton's long-tongued bat · Long Hill · long black · Long Rock · long-tailed shrew · inchlong · long-furred · long stop · long toe · long-range reconnaissance patrol · long polling · long spine board · long-neck · long-player · semi-long · Long Prairie · long beer · longfin · long-vowel mark · Chinese long bean · long gun · long-burning · long hop · long firm · Long Lake · the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long · long-term potentiation · long legs · for as long as one can remember · for long · long-nosed potoroo · half-long · long paddock · long lap penalty · long-established · longword · long-grasser · live long and prosper · long off · long list · longneck · longwave · Long Preston · long run · by long chalks · livelong · long-term Covid · not long for the world · long view · long Tom · long snap · long jump · long-grain · longy · long drink of water · 2 sauces long · long-press · how long · draw the long bow · Longfellow · long-eared fox · Long Key · long mode · long-johns · long-cripple · longshot · long vax · Sir David's long-beaked echidna · long story short · the long way around the barn · long filename · long hair · long home · long-felt · longform · long-period · longlist · longsome · long underwear · long-leaved pine · long take · longsword · go back a long way · long story · a long time coming · long-chain · long as one's arm · long-tailed field mouse · Long Itchington · long-fingered frog · long arm of the law · Long Clawson · face as long as a fiddle · Long Street · longhorn · longstemmed · long-horned beetle · long drum · long peace · long-haul COVID · how long is a piece of string · for so long a time · Long River · long-bonneted · long-necked · longwing · long-tailed cuckoo · make a long arm · long-line brassiere · Long Valley · take a long walk on a short pier · long vacation · long-living · long handle · so long as · nonlong · Cadena's long-tongued bat · long-termer · push into the long grass · sidelong · in the long term · Night of the Long Knives · long hour · long bond · as long as · longboi · old sins cast long shadows · long-crested jay · over the long haul · blocklong · long-coat · a long time in coming · medium long shot · longgrass · long-minded · long vac · Long Wittenham · Longparish · Longford · long-earedness · long exact sequence · longsleeved · feetlong · long-tail Covid · long-slip · longnose · long sweetening · as broad as long · longclaw · long screwdriver · long o · Major's long-tailed tenrec

Hypernyms

large

Hyponyms

hours-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · decades-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · days-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · weeks-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · daylong (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · year-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · deep · day-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · tall · dayslong (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · month-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · extended · fortnight-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · yearslong (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · long-standing (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · yard-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · hour-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · decade-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · yearlong (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · decadelong (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · week-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · months-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · years-long (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · weeklong (Hyponyms of long (long duration)) · elongated

Relateds

broad · wide

Synonyms

lengthy (having great duration) · the end · curtains · extended (having much distance from one point to another) · extended (having great duration) · high (having much distance from one point to another) · slow · prolonged (having great duration) · lengthful · prolix · late · longsome · long · lengthsome · deep (having much distance from one point to another) · time-consuming · tall (having much distance from one point to another) · lengthy (having much distance from one point to another) · boring

Translations (354)

fur lunc (having much distance from one point to another) · da lang (having great duration) · ne लामो (having much distance from one point to another) · csb dłudżi (having much distance from one point to another) · es largo (having much distance from one point to another) · ja 長い (having great duration) · sq i gjatë (having much distance from one point to another) · fi pitkä (tennis: bounces behind the baseline) · blt ꪙꪱꪙ (having great duration) · mrw malaba' (having much distance from one point to another) · swb -le (having great duration) · ru до́лгий (having great duration) · cs dlouhý (having great duration) · uk до́вгий (having much distance from one point to another) · sd ڊِگهو (having much distance from one point to another) · za raez (having much distance from one point to another) · udm кузь (having much distance from one point to another) · lmo lungh (having much distance from one point to another) · pdt lank (having much distance from one point to another) · ckb درێژ (having much distance from one point to another) · tyv узун (having much distance from one point to another) · no lang (having great duration) · pt longo (having much distance from one point to another) · txb pärkare (having much distance from one point to another) · syl ꠟꠣꠝ꠆ꠛꠣ (having much distance from one point to another) · nrf laong (having much distance from one point to another) · cu дльгъ (having much distance from one point to another) · yue(having great duration) · tl mahaba (having much distance from one point to another) · bcl haloy (having great duration) · hu hosszú (having much distance from one point to another) · ceb taas (having much distance from one point to another) · kum узун (having much distance from one point to another) · sa दीर्घ (having great duration) · unm kwëni (having much distance from one point to another) · gl longo (having much distance from one point to another) · tr uzun (having great duration) · el μακρύς (having much distance from one point to another) · wa long (having much distance from one point to another) · rm lung (having much distance from one point to another) · ln -laí (having much distance from one point to another) · mbb melayat (having much distance from one point to another) · lad largo (having much distance from one point to another) · cy hir (having much distance from one point to another) · ar طَوِيل (having great duration) · shn ၼၢၼ်း (having great duration) · ca llarg (having great duration) · he ארוך \ אָרֹךְ (having much distance from one point to another) · tt озын (having much distance from one point to another) · ccc plawa (having much distance from one point to another) · fa دیر زمان (having great duration) · eve ӈонам (having much distance from one point to another) · ug ئۇزاق (having great duration) · nod ᨶᩣ᩠ᨶ (having great duration) · av халатаб (having much distance from one point to another) · mrw matas (having much distance from one point to another) · kaw panjaṅ (having much distance from one point to another) · mk долг (having much distance from one point to another) · az uzun (having much distance from one point to another) · km វែង (having much distance from one point to another) · pa لما (having much distance from one point to another) · su paos (having much distance from one point to another) · it lungo (having great duration) · gl longo (having great duration) · haw loa (having much distance from one point to another) · fr long (having great duration) · rgn lóng (having much distance from one point to another) · vec łóngo (having much distance from one point to another) · la longus (having great duration) · xal ут (having much distance from one point to another) · zlw-ocs dlúhý (having much distance from one point to another) · eo longa (having great duration) · sah уһун (having much distance from one point to another) · hu hosszú (having great duration) · sl dolg (having great duration) · gl comprido (having much distance from one point to another) · cjs узун (having much distance from one point to another) · wal adussa (having much distance from one point to another) · vi lâu (having great duration) · pa ਲੰਮਾ (having much distance from one point to another) · khb ᦍᦱᧁ (having much distance from one point to another) · alt узун (having much distance from one point to another) · evn ңоним (having much distance from one point to another) · th ยาว (having much distance from one point to another) · roa-tar lunghe (having much distance from one point to another) · bn দীর্ঘ (having much distance from one point to another) · hsb dołhi (having much distance from one point to another) · da lang (having much distance from one point to another) · arz طويل (having much distance from one point to another) · sco lang (having much distance from one point to another) · fi pitkä (having great duration) · aqc лаахаттут (having much distance from one point to another) · cr ᑭᓈᐧᐯᑲᐣ (having much distance from one point to another) · hi लम्बा (having much distance from one point to another) · no lang (having much distance from one point to another) · dlm luang (having much distance from one point to another) · cmn(having great duration) · war halaba (having much distance from one point to another) · mnc ᡤᠣᠯᠮᡳᠨ (having much distance from one point to another) · xsr རིང་པུ (having much distance from one point to another) · ca llong (having much distance from one point to another) · ur لمبا (having great duration) · rup lungu (having much distance from one point to another) · sw refu (having much distance from one point to another) · sv lång (having much distance from one point to another) · tyz cẳng (having much distance from one point to another) · fur lung (having much distance from one point to another) · yue 長 /长 (having much distance from one point to another) · hu hosszú (tennis: bounces behind the baseline) · gl ambró (having much distance from one point to another) · gsw lang (having much distance from one point to another) · be до́ўгі (having great duration) · tr uzun (having much distance from one point to another) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (having great duration) · rap roa (having much distance from one point to another) · fa دراز (having much distance from one point to another) · sv lång (having great duration) · hi लंबा (having much distance from one point to another) · fo langur (having great duration) · mrw malayat (having much distance from one point to another) · mrw malendo (having much distance from one point to another) · cmn 多頭 /多头 (finance: possessing or owning financial instruments) · fi pitkä (having much distance from one point to another) · uz uzun (having much distance from one point to another) · ta நீளமான (having much distance from one point to another) · sga fota (having much distance from one point to another) · unm kwënësi (having much distance from one point to another) · cv вӑрӑм (having much distance from one point to another) · af lang (having great duration) · hi लम्बा (having great duration) · lt ilgas (having great duration) · mhn lònk (having much distance from one point to another) · mn урт (having much distance from one point to another) · ce деха (having much distance from one point to another) · lad lungo (having much distance from one point to another) · lld lonch (having much distance from one point to another) · tg дароз (having much distance from one point to another) · ms panjang (having much distance from one point to another) · hi लंबा (having great duration) · bar lång (having much distance from one point to another) · ha dōgō (having much distance from one point to another) · ru дли́нный (having much distance from one point to another) · pl długi (having great duration) · mba malayat (having much distance from one point to another) · cmn 長 /长 (having much distance from one point to another) · ur لمبا (having much distance from one point to another) · grc μακρός (having great duration) · ps اوږد (having much distance from one point to another) · tab ярхи (having much distance from one point to another) · pms longh (having much distance from one point to another) · gd a dh'fhaid (having great duration) · cu дльгъ (having great duration) · zea lank (having much distance from one point to another) · tyz dào (having much distance from one point to another) · ba оҙон (having much distance from one point to another) · os даргъ (having much distance from one point to another) · ast llargu (having great duration) · af lang (having much distance from one point to another) · krc узун (having much distance from one point to another) · lv garš (having much distance from one point to another) · nah huehueyac (having much distance from one point to another) · nl lang (having much distance from one point to another) · ary طويل (having much distance from one point to another) · kjh узун (having much distance from one point to another) · xmf გინძე (having much distance from one point to another) · yi לאַנג (having much distance from one point to another) · ro lung (having great duration) · as দীঘল (having much distance from one point to another) · ig ogologo (having much distance from one point to another) · tl matagal (having great duration) · el πολύς (having great duration) · gl longueiro (having much distance from one point to another) · tyz(having much distance from one point to another) · lv ilgs (having great duration) · mww ntev (having much distance from one point to another) · ug ئۇزۇن (having much distance from one point to another) · yo gigun (having much distance from one point to another) · yai дароз (having much distance from one point to another) · es longo (having much distance from one point to another) · zza derg (diq) (having much distance from one point to another) · ht long (having much distance from one point to another) · oc long (having much distance from one point to another) · arc אריכא (having much distance from one point to another) · bua урта (having much distance from one point to another) · el έξω (tennis: bounces behind the baseline) · fa دیرند (having great duration) · vi dài (having much distance from one point to another) · scn longu (having much distance from one point to another) · ota اوزون (having much distance from one point to another) · io longa (having much distance from one point to another) · xh de (having much distance from one point to another) · kpv кузь (having much distance from one point to another) · sc longu (having much distance from one point to another) · ab ахәхәа (having much distance from one point to another) · sco lang (having great duration) · ja 長い (having much distance from one point to another) · sid seeda (having much distance from one point to another) · pt comprido (having great duration) · gd fada (having much distance from one point to another) · sk dlhý (having great duration) · is langur (having much distance from one point to another) · bg продължителен (having great duration) · sa दीर्घ (having much distance from one point to another) · ka გრძელი (having much distance from one point to another) · xul bamir (having much distance from one point to another) · bn লম্বা (having much distance from one point to another) · pl długi (having much distance from one point to another) · grc μακρός (having much distance from one point to another) · tet naruk (having much distance from one point to another) · mt twil (having much distance from one point to another) · ky узун (having much distance from one point to another) · sva ჯო̄დი (having much distance from one point to another) · shu طويل (having much distance from one point to another) · aho 𑜃𑜃𑜫 (having great duration) · kk ұзын (having much distance from one point to another) · cr ᑭᓄ- (having much distance from one point to another) · nap luongo (having much distance from one point to another) · mhr кужу (having much distance from one point to another) · tsg mahaba (having much distance from one point to another) · zu de- (having much distance from one point to another) · ar طَوِيل (having much distance from one point to another) · ota اوزون (having great duration) · cmn 長 /长 (having great duration) · bg дъ́лъг (having much distance from one point to another) · izh pitkä (having great duration) · tdd ᥘᥣᥢᥰ (having great duration) · hy երկար (having great duration) · crk ᑭᓄ (having much distance from one point to another) · fi pitkä (finance: possessing or owning financial instruments) · ca llong (having great duration) · mdh malendu (having much distance from one point to another) · ko 오래되다 (having great duration) · esx-ink takihuuq (having much distance from one point to another) · gld оними (having much distance from one point to another) · sgs ėlga (having much distance from one point to another) · am ረዥም (having much distance from one point to another) · fa طولانی (having great duration) · es largo (having great duration) · kmr dirêj (having much distance from one point to another) · is langur (having great duration) · niv кылдь (having much distance from one point to another) · sv långsmal (having much distance from one point to another) · cdo 長 /长 (having much distance from one point to another) · nrf long (having much distance from one point to another) · gag uzun (having much distance from one point to another) · bo རིང་པོ (having much distance from one point to another) · ist longo (having much distance from one point to another) · tk uzyn (having much distance from one point to another) · vo lunik (having much distance from one point to another) · mdf кувака (having much distance from one point to another) · eu luze (having much distance from one point to another) · pt longo (having great duration) · lez йаргъи (having much distance from one point to another) · dlg уһун (having much distance from one point to another) · si දිගු (having much distance from one point to another) · ast llargu (having much distance from one point to another) · ltg gara (having much distance from one point to another) · id panjang (having much distance from one point to another) · sh dȕg (having much distance from one point to another) · dng чон (having much distance from one point to another) · cr ᑭᓈᐧᐯᑭᓯᐤ (having much distance from one point to another) · fr long (having much distance from one point to another) · ltg gars (having much distance from one point to another) · ro lung (having much distance from one point to another) · msk aba (having much distance from one point to another) · gd a dh'fhaid (having much distance from one point to another) · gd fada (having great duration) · udi бохо (having much distance from one point to another) · gay naru (having much distance from one point to another) · lb laang (having much distance from one point to another) · pt comprido (having much distance from one point to another) · gur woko (having much distance from one point to another) · mrj кужы (having much distance from one point to another) · kaw dawa (having much distance from one point to another) · ms lama (having great duration) · pam maluwat (having great duration) · qu suni (having much distance from one point to another) · cs dlouhý (having much distance from one point to another) · yai ван (having much distance from one point to another) · br hir (having much distance from one point to another) · hnn aba (having much distance from one point to another) · pdt lang (having great duration) · zea lang (having much distance from one point to another) · mi roa (having much distance from one point to another) · co lungu (having much distance from one point to another) · lt ilgas (having much distance from one point to another) · mr लांब (having much distance from one point to another) · dsb dłujki (having much distance from one point to another) · bcl halaba (having much distance from one point to another) · ca llarg (having much distance from one point to another) · et pikk (having much distance from one point to another) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (having much distance from one point to another) · kpy нивʼлыӄин (having much distance from one point to another) · ab ау (having much distance from one point to another) · koi кузь (having much distance from one point to another) · de lang (having great duration) · chr ᎦᏅᎯᏓ (having much distance from one point to another) · shn ယၢဝ်း (having much distance from one point to another) · be до́ўгі (having much distance from one point to another) · or ଦୀର୍ଘ (having much distance from one point to another) · ee didi (having much distance from one point to another) · es luengo (having great duration) · es luengo (having much distance from one point to another) · mi roroa (having much distance from one point to another) · ga fada (having much distance from one point to another) · kaa uzın (having much distance from one point to another) · km វែង (having great duration) · cst tsī́qau (having much distance from one point to another) · kjj вихаь (having much distance from one point to another) · lzz გუნძე (having much distance from one point to another) · ia longe (having much distance from one point to another) · crh uzun (having much distance from one point to another) · cmn 長倉 /长仓 (finance: possessing or owning financial instruments) · so dheer (having much distance from one point to another) · es longo (having great duration) · sga sír (having great duration) · it lungo (having much distance from one point to another) · bcl halawig (having great duration) · bkt -laí (having much distance from one point to another) · om dheeraa (having much distance from one point to another) · nrf long (having great duration) · sh ду̏г (having much distance from one point to another) · myv кувака (having much distance from one point to another) · lt ilga (having much distance from one point to another) · eo longa (having much distance from one point to another) · nl lang (having great duration) · sl dȏlg (having much distance from one point to another) · haw(having great duration) · mn удаан (having great duration) · gl delongado (having great duration) · ba оҙаҡ (having great duration) · de lang (having much distance from one point to another) · jv dawa (having much distance from one point to another) · my ရှည် (having much distance from one point to another) · fa طولانی (having much distance from one point to another) · ko 길다 (having much distance from one point to another) · ga fada (having great duration) · la longus (having much distance from one point to another) · ary طويلة (having much distance from one point to another) · izh pitkä (having much distance from one point to another) · uk до́вгий (having great duration) · kxd panjang (having much distance from one point to another) · sgs ėlgs (having much distance from one point to another) · th นาน (having great duration) · lmo lóngh (having much distance from one point to another) · lo ຍາວ (having much distance from one point to another) · inh дӏаьха (having much distance from one point to another) · eo longdaŭra (having great duration) · fo langur (having much distance from one point to another) · lv gara (having much distance from one point to another) · hy երկար (having much distance from one point to another) · yue 長 /长 (having great duration) · sk dlhý (having much distance from one point to another) · fi pitkäaikainen (having great duration)

long en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Middle English long English long 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”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), Yola lhaung, long (“long”), North Frisian long, lung, lüng (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), West Frisian lang (“long”), Cimbrian lång (“long”), Dutch, German, and Low German lang (“long”), 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”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (laggs, “long”); also Latin longus (“long”) (whence French long (“long”), Italian lungo (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”)), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós, “long; wearisome”), Albanian gjatë (“long; tall”), Latvian ilgs (“long”), Lithuanian ilgas (“long”), Belarusian до́ўгі (dówhi, “long”), Bulgarian дъ́лъг (dắlăg, “long”), Czech dlúhý (“long”), Macedonian долг (dolg, “long”), Polish długi (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj, “lengthy, long”), до́лгий (dólgij, “long”), Serbo-Croatian ду̏г, dȕg (“long”), Slovak dlhý (“long”), Slovene dolg (“long”), Ukrainian до́вгий (dóvhyj, “long”), Ossetian даргъ (darǧ, “late”), Central Kurdish دێر (dêr), درەنگ (dreng, “late”), Northern Kurdish dereng (“late”), Persian دیر (dēr / dir, “late; long”), درنگ (derang, “delay”), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”) (whence Bengali দীর্ঘ (dirgho, “long; tall”), Dhivehi ދިގު (digu, “long, lengthy”), Kalasha driga, dríga (“long; tall”), Kholosi taɽgo (“long”), Khowar درونگ (drung, “long”), Hindi दीर्घ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”), Nepali दिघो (digho, “stable”), Odia ଦୀର୍ଘ (dirgha, “long”), Sinhalese දිග (diga, “long”), Urdu دیرگھ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”)), Kamkata-viri drëgeř, drëgëř, drëŋëň, dërëgeň (“long; tall”), Prasuni jigni (“long; tall”). 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.

Meanings

  1. A long vowel.
    • In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts. 1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics, volume 2, page 60:
  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.
    • A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
  5. An entity with a long position in an asset; for example, a trader or investor possessing an amount of a company's shares.
    • Every uptick made the longs cheer.
  6. A long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.
    • Likewise, if borrowers prefer to sell short-maturity issues at the time lenders prefer to invest in longs, as is the case when interest rates are expected to fall, longer maturity issues will tend to yield less than shorter maturity issues. 1977, Jerome B. Cohen, Edward D. Zinbarg, Arthur Zeikel, Guide to Intelligent Investing, →OCLC, page 203:
    • "U.S. Treasury Market Structure", https://www.mfaalts.org/issue/u-s-treasury-market-structure/ Hedge funds are constrained in how much leverage they can utilize, in part because the futures contracts they are shorting against their Treasury longs have significant initial margin requirements.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated) Clipping of long vacation (“summer vacation”).
    • “[…] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long.” “Last Long?” “Hem! last protracted vacation.” 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:
  8. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of long bond paper.

Forms

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longs Number=Plur lexicographic
lang Northumbria, alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

bull

long en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Middle English long English long 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”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), Yola lhaung, long (“long”), North Frisian long, lung, lüng (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), West Frisian lang (“long”), Cimbrian lång (“long”), Dutch, German, and Low German lang (“long”), 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”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (laggs, “long”); also Latin longus (“long”) (whence French long (“long”), Italian lungo (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”)), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós, “long; wearisome”), Albanian gjatë (“long; tall”), Latvian ilgs (“long”), Lithuanian ilgas (“long”), Belarusian до́ўгі (dówhi, “long”), Bulgarian дъ́лъг (dắlăg, “long”), Czech dlúhý (“long”), Macedonian долг (dolg, “long”), Polish długi (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj, “lengthy, long”), до́лгий (dólgij, “long”), Serbo-Croatian ду̏г, dȕg (“long”), Slovak dlhý (“long”), Slovene dolg (“long”), Ukrainian до́вгий (dóvhyj, “long”), Ossetian даргъ (darǧ, “late”), Central Kurdish دێر (dêr), درەنگ (dreng, “late”), Northern Kurdish dereng (“late”), Persian دیر (dēr / dir, “late; long”), درنگ (derang, “delay”), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”) (whence Bengali দীর্ঘ (dirgho, “long; tall”), Dhivehi ދިގު (digu, “long, lengthy”), Kalasha driga, dríga (“long; tall”), Kholosi taɽgo (“long”), Khowar درونگ (drung, “long”), Hindi दीर्घ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”), Nepali दिघो (digho, “stable”), Odia ଦୀର୍ଘ (dirgha, “long”), Sinhalese දිග (diga, “long”), Urdu دیرگھ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”)), Kamkata-viri drëgeř, drëgëř, drëŋëň, dërëgeň (“long; tall”), Prasuni jigni (“long; tall”). 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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To take a long position in.
    • The left panel shows the profile of a portfolio consisting of longing a call and shorting a put. 2004, Thomas S. Y. Ho with Sang Bin Lee and Sang-bin Yi, The Oxford Guide to Financial Modeling, page 84:

Forms

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longed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
longed Tense=Past lexicographic
longs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lang Northumbria, alternative lexicographic
longing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (1)

cmn 做多 (finance: to take a long position)

long en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English longe, lange, from Old English longe, lange, from the adjective (see above).

Meanings

  1. Over a great distance in space.
    • Every golfer wants to hit the ball long and straight.
  2. Over a great distance in space. ▸ Over too great a distance, beyond the target.
    • She hit her return long and lost the point.
  3. For a particular duration (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it).
    • The meeting has already gone on much too long.
    • I answer by saying that I have worked too long and hard now against segregated public accommodations to end up segregating my moral concern. 1991, James Melvin Washington, editor, A testament of hope: the essential writings and speeches of Martin Luther King, page 636:
    • He slept all day long.
    • I’ve waited long enough.
    • I ſtay too long ; but here my Father comes : / A double bleſſing is a double grace; / Occaſion ſmiles vpon a ſecond leaue. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 156, column 1:
    • How long is it until the next bus arrives?
    • Don't stay longer than two hours.
    • She has known us as long as you.
  4. (adjective, adverb, participle, qualifier:placed before a verb; preposition; placed before a verb; preposition) For a long time.
    • Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
    • The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed. 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
    • I seldom stay long after class, but yesterday I spent the evening and long into the night.
    • Long live the Queen.
    • The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bliss_copy)), near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bliss copy, page 2:
    • [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages. 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
    • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe. 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
    • It’s an earth song,— And I’ve been waiting long for an earth song. It’s a spring song,— And I’ve been waiting long for a spring song.[…] I have been waiting long for this spring song. 1925, Langston Hughes, “An Earth Song”, in Alain LeRoy Locke, editor, The New Negro: An Interpretation, New York: Albert and Charles Boni, page 142:
    • By eight o’clock, the food will be long gone.
  5. A long time (see usage notes).
    • They are in a hurry; they can’t wait for too long.
    • I haven’t got long to live.
    • [Verse 1]:[…]Be there in five, man’s taking long. Are you still there? No fam, I’m already gone. 2021 August 19, “Drake”performed by Most Certi:
    • My liefe (ſayd ſhe) ye know, that long ygo, / Whileſt ye in durance dwelt, ye to me gaue / A little mayde, the which ye chylded tho ; / The ſame againe if now ye liſt to haue, / The ſame is yonder Lady, whom high God did ſaue. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 17, page 512:
    • Will this interview take long?
  6. (qualifier:between have and a past participle) A long time ago.
    • The place was solitary and deserted […] only the line of mouldering towers and battlements on the hill above spoke of the busy life that had long passed away. 1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 7:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
longer Degree=Cmp lexicographic
longest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

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

Deriveds

take long · go long · since long · long lost · long live · one should live so long · a creaking door hangs long on its hinges · long since

Relateds

far · broad · wide

Synonyms

far · far · a long way · a long way

Translations (74)

fr longtemps (for a long duration) · pt quanto tempo (for a particular duration) · is langt (over a great distance) · ca lluny (over a great distance) · sco lang (for a long duration) · bg дълго (for a long duration) · tr uzun (for a long duration) · sco lang (over a great distance) · sco lang (for a particular duration) · pt por muito/bastante tempo (for a long duration) · fr temps (for a particular duration) · tl matagal (for a long duration) · lld giut (for a particular duration) · la diu (for a long duration) · grc μακράν (for a long duration) · cs dlouho (for a long duration) · fi kauan (for a long duration) · sv länge (for a particular duration) · fa طولانی (for a long duration) · bn দুরে (over a great distance) · gd fada (for a long duration) · es lueñe (over a great distance) · ca molt de temps (for a long duration) · lld giut (for a long duration) · fi kauan (for a particular duration) · ko 오래 (for a long duration) · gd fada (over a great distance) · et kaua (for a long duration) · ru до́лго (for a particular duration) · tl tagal (for a particular duration) · lus sei (over a great distance) · no lenge (for a long duration) · de lange (for a particular duration) · lld lonc (over a great distance) · lus -a rei (for a particular duration) · fo leingi (for a long duration) · pt longe (over a great distance) · ca quant de temps (for a particular duration) · it tempo (for a particular duration) · sv långt (over a great distance) · ru до́лго (for a long duration) · es lejos (over a great distance) · cs dlouho (for a particular duration) · el μακριά (over a great distance) · pt demorar (for a long duration) · izh kavvaks (for a long duration) · bg дълго (over a great distance) · tl malayo (over a great distance) · ko 길게 (over a great distance) · da længe (for a long duration) · sv länge (for a long duration) · it distante (over a great distance) · fr combien de temps (for a particular duration) · el ώρα (for a particular duration) · pl długo (for a particular duration) · izh kavvan (for a long duration) · fo leingi (for a particular duration) · ru далеко́ (over a great distance) · de lange (for a long duration) · fi kauas (over a great distance) · be до́ўга (for a long duration) · ca temps (for a particular duration) · de weit (over a great distance) · lus rei (for a long duration) · is lengi (for a particular duration) · ca molta estona (for a long duration) · it quanto tempo (for a particular duration) · uk до́вго (for a long duration) · cy ers talwm (for a long duration) · ko 멀리 (over a great distance) · el πολύ (for a long duration) · eo longe (for a long duration) · is lengi (for a long duration) · cs daleko (over a great distance)

long en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to long for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, lengthen, grow longer, summon, belong”), from Proto-West Germanic *langōn, from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“to be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary”). Cognate with German langen (“to reach, be sufficient”), Swedish langa (“to push, pass by hand”), Icelandic langa (“to want, desire”), Dutch, German verlangen (“to desire, want, long for”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
    • The Rabbit sighed. He thought it would be a long time before this magic called Real happened to him. He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad. 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
    • She longed for him to come back.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
longing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
longs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
longed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
longed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

forlong · long for · longing · belong

Synonyms

yearn · ache for

Translations (42)

bg копнея (to wait, to aspire) · pl pragnąć (to wait, to aspire) · tl asam (to wait, to aspire) · it bramare (to wait, to aspire) · el λαχταρώ (to wait, to aspire) · kmr hesret kirin (to wait, to aspire) · mn мөрөөдөх (to wait, to aspire) · izh hetsua (to wait, to aspire) · fr aspirer à (to wait, to aspire) · grc ὁμείρομαι (to wait, to aspire) · sv längta (to wait, to aspire) · eo deziri (to wait, to aspire) · cs dychtit (to wait, to aspire) · tl sabik (to wait, to aspire) · eo sopiri (to wait, to aspire) · sh čeznuti (to wait, to aspire) · da længes (to wait, to aspire) · fi ikävöidä (to wait, to aspire) · no lengte (to wait, to aspire) · sk cnieť (to wait, to aspire) · sh чезнути (to wait, to aspire) · cs přát si (to wait, to aspire) · hu vágyik (to wait, to aspire) · ro dori (to wait, to aspire) · pl wzdychać do (to wait, to aspire) · kmr bêrî kirin (to wait, to aspire) · cmn 渴望 (to wait, to aspire) · yi בענקען (to wait, to aspire) · su sono (to wait, to aspire) · cs toužit (to wait, to aspire) · sq dëshiron (to wait, to aspire) · pt suspirar (to wait, to aspire) · de (sich) sehnen (to wait, to aspire) · pl tęsknić (to wait, to aspire) · gd miannaich (to wait, to aspire) · sk túžiť (to wait, to aspire) · fr se languir (to wait, to aspire) · ca enyorar (to wait, to aspire) · nl verlangen (to wait, to aspire) · pt ansiar (to wait, to aspire) · is þrá (to wait, to aspire) · ro jindui (to wait, to aspire)

long en · ADJ · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English long, lang, an aphetic form of Middle English ilong, ylong, from Old English ġelong, ġelang (“along, belonging, depending, consequent”); the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) On account of, because of.
    • I am of opinion, that in regarde of theſe debauches and lewde actions, fathers may, in ſome ſort, be blamed, and that it is onely long of them. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, II.8, page 224:

Antonyms

wide · short

Hypernyms

large

Hyponyms

deep · tall · extended · elongated

Synonyms

lengthful · prolix · longsome · long · lengthsome · lengthy

long en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English long, lang, an aphetic form of Middle English ilong, ylong, from Old English ġelong, ġelang (“along, belonging, depending, consequent”); the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
    • A goodly Armour, and full rich aray, / Which long’d to Angela, the Saxon Queene, / All fretted round with gold, and goodly wel beseene. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
    • Tis well, and hold your owne in any case / With such austeritie as longeth to a father. c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
longs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
longed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
longed Tense=Past lexicographic
longing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

long en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Shortening of longitude.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of longitude.
    alt of longitude

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
longs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

lat

long en · VERB · etymology 6

Pronunciation

  • /lʊŋɡ/ Black Country
  • (General-American) audio
  • lông US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • (London) audio
  • /lɔŋ/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
  • /lɔŋ/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /laŋ/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio
  • audio Queensland
  • /lɒŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /lɔːŋ/ Received Pronunciation, Conservative
  • läng (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • lông (Australia, Scotland)
  • lo͝oŋg Black Country
  • [lɔ̟ŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /lɑŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /lɒŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to belong, pertain”), from Old English *lang, which is of uncertain origin yet related to Old English ġelang (“dependent, attainable, present, belonging, consequent”), Old Saxon gilang (“ready, available”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To belong.
    • Now ſend Ambaſſage to thy neighbor Kinges, And let them know the Perſian King is chang’d: From one that knew not what a King ſhould doe, To one that can commaund what longs there to: […] c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene v:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
longing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
longed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
longed Tense=Past lexicographic
longs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic