Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈlɒŋ/
- (Conservative RP) IPA: /ˈlɔːŋ/
- (GA) enPR: lông, IPA: /ˈlɔŋ/
- (cot-caught, Canada) enPR: läng, IPA: /ˈlɑŋ/
long (comparative longer, superlative longest)
Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below). - It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
- Having great duration.
- The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
- Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty, Chapter 23 ↗
- 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, Black Beauty, Chapter 23 ↗
- (British, dialect) Not short; tall.
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803 ↗:
- 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.
- (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
- I'm long in DuPont; I have a long position in DuPont.
- (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
- (tennis, of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
- That forehand is long.
- Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: Printed [by Richard Field] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 932900760 ↗, book IIII, canto IIII, page 55 ↗:
- 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.
- (having much distance from one point to another) deep (vertically downwards), extended, high (vertically upwards), lengthy, tall
- (having great duration) extended, lengthy, prolonged
- (having much distance from one point to another) low (vertically upwards), shallow (vertically upwards or downwards), short
- (having great duration) brief, short
- (finance) short
- French: long
- German: lang
- Italian: lungo
- Portuguese: comprido, longo
- Russian: до́лгий
- Spanish: largo, luengo
long (comparative longer, superlative longest)
- Over a great distance in space.
- He threw the ball long.
- For a particular duration.
- How long is it until the next bus arrives?
- For a long duration.
- Will this interview take long?
- Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: Printed [by Richard Field] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 932900760 ↗, book VI, canto XII, stanza 17, page 512 ↗:
- 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.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iii], page 156 ↗, column 1:
- I ſtay too long ; but here my Father comes : / A double bleſſing is a double grace; / Occaſion ſmiles vpon a ſecond leaue.
- (over a great distance) a short distance, a short way
- (for a long duration) an instant, a minute, a moment, a second, a short time, not long
- French: temps; (how long) combien de temps
- German: lange
- Italian: tempo; (how long) quanto tempo
- Portuguese: how long: quanto tempo
- Russian: до́лго
- French: longtemps
- German: lange
- Portuguese: por muito/bastante tempo, to take long: demorar
- Russian: до́лго
long (plural longs)
- (linguistics) A long vowel.
- (prosody) A long syllable.
- (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
- (programming) 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.
- (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
- Every uptick made the longs cheer.
- (UK, colloquial, dated) The long summer vacation at the English universities.
long (longs, present participle longing; past and past participle longed)
- (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
long (longs, present participle longing; past and past participle longed)
(intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) - She longed for him to come back.
- French: aspirer à
- German: (sich) sehnen
- Italian: bramare
- Portuguese: ansiar, suspirar
- Spanish: desear, anhelar
long (not comparable)
- (archaic) On account of, because of.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.8, page 224 ↗:
- 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, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.8, page 224 ↗:
long (longs, present participle longing; past and past participle longed)
- (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
- A goodly Armour, and full rich aray, / Which long'd to Angela, the Saxon Queene, / All fretted round with gold, and goodly wel beseene.
- circa 1591, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, IV, 4:
- Tis well, and hold your owne in any case / With such austeritie as longeth to a father.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
long (plural longs)
Verblong (longs, present participle longing; past and past participle longed)
- (obsolete) To belong.
Long
Proper noun
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