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English to English adjective
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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
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30 Example:
• a retentive mind
• tenacious memory
source: wordnet30
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holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices |
• is long on coffee
• a long position in gold
source: wordnet30
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(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration |
• the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long
source: wordnet30
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Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide. | source: webster1913
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Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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of relatively great height |
• a race of long gaunt men
• looked out the long French windows
source: wordnet30
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involving substantial risk |
• long odds
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planning prudently for the future |
• large goals that required farsighted policies
• took a long view of the geopolitical issues
source: wordnet30
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having or being more than normal or necessary: |
• long on brains
• in long supply
source: wordnet30 adverb
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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
source: wordnet30
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for an extended distance | source: wordnet30
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To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line. | source: webster1913 noun
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A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. | source: webster1913 preposition
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By means of; by the fault of; because of. | source: webster1913 verb
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desire strongly or persistently | source: wordnet30
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To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for. | source: webster1913 Indonesian to Indonesian noun source: kbbi3
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