long

adjective

  1. 1

    having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"

    in long supply

  2. 2

    primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified

    a long road

    a long distance

  3. 3

    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

  4. 4

    (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration

    the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long

  5. 5

    holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices

    is long on coffee

    a long position in gold

  6. 6

    planning prudently for the future

    large goals that required farsighted policies

    took a long view of the geopolitical issues

  7. 7

    good at remembering

    a retentive mind

    tenacious memory

  8. 8

    involving substantial risk

    long odds

  9. 9

    of relatively great height

    a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson

    looked out the long French windows

adverb

  1. 1

    for an extended time or at a distant time

    a promotion long overdue

    something long hoped for

  2. 2

    for an extended distance

verb

  1. 1

    desire strongly or persistently

Synonyms

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