Long

adjective
lɔŋ

Adjective

  • planning prudently for the future

    took a long view of the geopolitical issues

    Similar:FarseeingFarsightedForesightedForesightfulLongsighted
  • 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

    Similar:RecollectiveRetentiveTenacious
    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

    Similar:HankerYearn
    Type of:WantDesire

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