Long - Definition

adv 1: 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"
2: for an extended distance
adj 1: 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"
[ant: short]
2: 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" [ant: short]
3: of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"-
Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
4: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
[syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant:
forgetful, short, unretentive]
5: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in
prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold" [ant:
short]
6: (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration;
"the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat',
`boot' are long" [ant: short]
7: involving substantial risk; "long odds"
8: planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required
farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical
issues" [syn: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted,
foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted]
9: having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on
brains"; "in long supply"
v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long,
yearn]