no longer
∞
1.9
- phrasal verb
- /noʊ ˈlɔŋɡər/
:
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- The result is that the chronically late student will no longer be missing valuable class time.
- no longer need
- no longer significant
- no longer exist
The problem then is knowing when the constraint no longer serves you.
- The problem then is knowing when the constraint no longer serves you.
- Your life is such that you can no longer have an obsession.
- The San Diego Zoo no longer has giant pandas.
- No, you are no longer attracted to that man.
- Because to truly forgive means that you no longer resent the offender.
- When time becomes space, you no longer swim as a body.
- Maybe neutral is no longer possible in this modern war.
- I've, I'd like to think I'm no longer that person in many ways.
- The trouble is that means we are no longer union members.
- Now, when that sock is no longer stretchy, it's stiff.
- And with that new code, it was no longer triggering the rule.
- There is a lightness to knowing you no longer have to try so hard.
- And I'm working with them because they no longer want to be alive.
Examples
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Mr. Johnson is no longer with the paper.
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I can no longer remember where I put my keys.
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And when they do, they are no longer treated like a human.
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The trouble is that means we are no longer union members.
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It's like the sun is no longer getting to me.
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But this is largely because there was no longer any need for it.
Academic text (2011) -
I no longer have any desire.
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No, you are no longer attracted to that man.
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By the autumn of 2000, the road to peace no longer seemed so clear.
Academic text (2011) -
But thanks to Brexit, we're no longer constrained by EU law.
Synonyms
∞
1.1
No longer true or happening, used after a sentence with not
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1.4
Shows that something is not true now or from this time on
Antonyms
How Current
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'not now/any more' is directly and compositionally derived from 'no' (negation) plus 'longer' (an adverb of extended duration), yielding a straightforward negated-duration sense. This construction follows common negation + duration patterns in English and has clear parallels in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase no longer comes from putting no before longer to show that something does not continue. Think of it as 'no' + 'longer' meaning 'not for a longer time', so it now means 'not now' or 'not anymore'.