long
- adjective
- /lɔŋ/
- Specialized
- During the practice session, they worked on producing a long sound to enhance their performance.
- short and long vowels
- long vowels and pauses
Perhaps a violin note is a long sustained shape.
- Perhaps a violin note is a long sustained shape.
- So they're still sounds, but they have a long sound and a short sound.
- Paul got them long consonants coming out of his face.
- So if I'm playing that thing and I want to play some some long notes.
Examples
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You could have stayed down longer than that.
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It's long, flowing - like a river.
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Oh, look, it's long, too!
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close your eyes, deep breath in, long breath out.
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So I'm just trying to play long tones in the higher range.
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Perhaps a violin note is a long sustained shape.
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So they're still sounds, but they have a long sound and a short sound.
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Geneen was in the middle of a long, slow sip of wine.
Academic text (1991) -
What a long beep.
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"The afternoon passed, then the long night, with Az and Braz creating fantasies of shapes and shadows."
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
Continuing for a longer time than usual
Said slowly with sounds made longer
A vowel sound said for a longer time, like the vowel in 'cape'
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 for vowel sounds keeps the simple idea of 'lasting for a longer time'. Think of length — a 'long' vowel is held 'longer' than a short vowel, so you pronounce it for more time.