long (verb)

  • 11long — I. adjective (longer; longest) Etymology: Middle English long, lang, from Old English; akin to Old High German lang long, Latin longus Date: before 12th century 1. a. extending for a considerable distance b. having greater length than usual < a&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 12long — long1 [ lɔŋ ] adjective *** ▸ 1 measurement/distance ▸ 2 lasting long time ▸ 3 measuring distance/time ▸ 4 book/letter/list ▸ 5 clothes ▸ 6 about ball in sports ▸ 7 drink: in tall glass ▸ 8 about vowel ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) measuring a large amount&#8230; …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13long — 1 adjective 1 OBJECT/LINE measuring a great length or a greater length than usual from one end to the other: Cher used to have really long hair. | The line to get into the movie was so long we gave up. | The Aleutian Islands form the longest&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14long — I UK [lɒŋ] / US [lɔŋ] adjective Word forms long : adjective long comparative longer superlative longest *** 1) lasting for a large amount of time It s a long time since I saw Rachel. There was a long pause before he spoke. Many people face a long …

    English dictionary

  • 15long*/*/*/ — [lɒŋ] adj I 1) lasting for a large amount of time Ant: short He has a long history of mental illness.[/ex] It s a long time since I saw Rachel.[/ex] 2) measuring a large amount from one end to the other Ant: short It s the longest tunnel in&#8230; …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 16long — long1 adjective (longer, longest) 1》 of a great distance or duration.     ↘of a specified distance or duration.     ↘(of a ball in sport) travelling a great distance, or further than expected. 2》 relatively great in extent.     ↘having a&#8230; …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 17long — 1. adjective /lɒŋ,lɔŋ,lɑŋ/ a) Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point . Its a long way from the Earth to the Moon. b) Having great duration. The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a …

    Wiktionary

  • 18long — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lengthy, elongated; tedious; extended, protracted. See length. adv. in great degree, for a time. See durability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Extended in space] Syn. lengthy, extended, outstretched,&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19long — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ desperately ▪ He longed desperately to be back at home. ▪ secretly ▪ They were the words she had secretly longed to hear. ▪ always …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 20long — [OE] Long goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *langgaz, which also produced German, Dutch, and Danish lang and Swedish lång. It is presumably related to Latin longus ‘long’ (source of French long, Italian lungo, and Romanian lung) but quite how&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins