long
- adjective
- /lɔŋ/
- Look, this has been coming for a long time now.
- long-term
- a long time
- a long period
Clubs have existed for a long, long time.
- Clubs have existed for a long, long time.
- And yeah, it's just been a long old year.
- So it was just this long crazy rap.
- But we do know that long COVID exists.
- And then there's the one with long hair, that's Jesse.
- This is going to be a long, arduous process.
- But we may not have time for the long route right now.
- And this is quite a long section here.
- Mine is not either that long or that controversial.
- And again, he like long skinny legs, big boy.
Examples
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This project will take a long time to complete, so we need to be patient.
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This is going to be a long, arduous process.
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And yeah, it's just been a long old year.
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It's been so long since I've been back to work.
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It's been such a long time, Nate.
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Being able to meet one's own needs goes a long way toward assuaging those anxieties.
Academic text (2011) -
A similar rift now would not be in the long-term interest of either country.
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"His father had tried hard to find a long-term solution for him," says Hoolahan.
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After a long day at work, she enjoyed relaxing with a good book.
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The long meeting lasted over three hours, much longer than we had expected.
Synonyms
Lasting a long time and making people bored
Continuing for a longer time than usual
A little bigger from one end to the other or lasting more than usual
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
An informal greeting used when you have not had news from someone for a long time
- Informal
Say this when you cannot give a clear answer because it depends on things you do not know
- Archaic
To tell a story in a way that makes what happened sound bigger or not true
Compounds
- Specialized
A long hard part inside the arm or leg like the femur that has a soft center
- Specialized
A market where many rare items, each sold in small numbers, together make a large part of sales
A tool like a broom or pan with a longer handle to reach high places without bending
A stretch of water between Long Island and Connecticut on the US Atlantic coast
- Specialized
A type of radio signal with waves longer than one kilometre used for long distance broadcasting
- Specialized
A golf club with a long shaft and angled face for hitting long, low shots
- Specialized
Move in chess where the king moves two squares toward the queenside rook and the rook moves beside the king
- Jargon
Move the king two squares toward the queen's side and put the rook next to it
- Jargon
A chess move where the king moves two squares toward the queenside and the rook moves beside the king
- Archaic
A long piece of gymnastics equipment like a bench that gymnasts run and jump over lengthwise
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Long comes from an old English word for 'length' or 'something stretched out'. Think of length — something long has extra size or time, so long means 'greater than usual in length, time, or amount'.