Long
adjectiveAdjective
planning prudently for the future
“took a long view of the geopolitical issues”
having or being more than normal or necessary
“long on brains”
“in long supply”
of relatively great height
“a race of long gaunt men”
“looked out the long French windows”
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”
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”
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
“is long on coffee”
“a long position in gold”
involving substantial risk
“long odds”
good at remembering
See also:AwareMindful(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
“the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long”
Verb
desire strongly or persistently
Type of:WantDesire
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA