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long

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Adjective

  1. Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
    • I need a long piece of wood.
    • It’s a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
    • How long was your newborn baby?
    • This table is long but not very high.
    • Smith hoofs a long ball up to Jones.
    • My ex was very strong but not very long.
  2. Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below).
    • This table is long but not very high.
  3. Travelling a great distance.
    • Smith hoofs a long ball up to Jones.
  4. Having a long penis.
    • My ex was very strong but not very long.
  5. 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.
    • That forehand was long. It landed two feet beyond the baseline.
    • The pass was long and was gathered by the opposing goalkeeper.
  6. Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location.
    • The plane touched down long and overran the end of the runway.
  7. 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.
  8. Having great duration.
    • His speech was long and dull.
    • The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
    • I took a long look at the house, knowing it was for the last time.
  9. 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.
  10. Not short; tall.
  11. Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
    • I’m long in DuPont.
    • I have a long position in DuPont.
  12. Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
  13. Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
  14. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
  15. In great supply; abundant.
  16. Clipping of taking a long time.
  17. stupid; annoying; bullshit
  18. serious; deadly.
  19. Measuring 8½ in × 13 in.
  20. 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.
    • 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.
  7. Clipping of long vacation (“summer vacation”).
  8. Ellipsis of long bond paper.

Verb

  1. To take a long position in.

Adverb

  1. Over a great distance in space.
    • Every golfer wants to hit the ball long and straight.
    • She hit her return long and lost the point.
  2. Over too great a distance, beyond the target.
    • She hit her return long and lost the point.
  3. For a particular duration .
    • How long is it until the next bus arrives?
    • She has known us as long as you.
    • I’ve waited long enough.
    • He slept all day long.
    • Don't stay longer than two hours.
    • The meeting has already gone on much too long.
  4. For a long time.
    • Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
    • By eight o’clock, the food will be long gone.
    • I seldom stay long after class, but yesterday I spent the evening and long into the night.
    • Long live the Queen.
  5. For a long time.
  6. A long time .
    • Will this interview take long?
    • I haven’t got long to live.
    • They are in a hurry; they can’t wait for too long.
  7. A long time ago.

Verb

  1. To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
    • She longed for him to come back.

Adjective

  1. On account of, because of.

Verb

  1. To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

Noun

  1. Abbreviation of longitude.

Verb

  1. To belong.

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