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Noun
Definition: A long vowel.
Definition: longitude
Verb
Definition: To take a long position in.
Definition: To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
Definition: To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
Definition: To belong.
Adjective
Definition: 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"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
Definition: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
Definition: of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
Definition: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
Definition: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
Definition: (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
Definition: involving substantial risk; "long odds"
Definition: planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Definition: having or being more than normal or necessary; "long on brains"; "in long supply"
Definition: 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).
Definition: On account of, because of.
Adverb
Definition: for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
Definition: for an extended distance
Definition: Over a great distance in space.