- long⇄adj. 1a. that measures much, or more than usual, from end to end in space or time.
Ex. a long distance, a long speech, a long list. An inch is short; a mile is long. A year is a long time. He told a long story.
(SYN) extended, prolonged. < - long⇄adv. 1. for its whole length.
Ex. all night long.
2. for a long time.
Ex. a reform long advocated. I can't stay long.
3. at a point of time far distant from the time indicated.
Ex. long since. It happened long before you w - long⇄expr. as (or so) long as, provided that.
Ex. As long as that's the case, we'll go. - long⇄expr. before long, soon; in a short time.
Ex. Summer will come before long. - long⇄expr. long on, well furnished or highly endowed with.
Ex. ... prancing about in an English comedy that is long on eccentricity and short on wit (New Yorker). Most advertising today is long on the big promise (Harper's). - long⇄expr. the long and the short of it, the sum total (of something); substance; upshot.
Ex. The long and the short of it ... is that you must pay me this money (Walter Besant). - long⇄long (1), adjective, longer,longest,adverb, noun.
- long⇄long (2), intransitive verb.
to wish very much; desire greatly.
Ex. He longed for his mother. She longed to see him. I long'd so heartily then and there, To give him the grasp of fellowship (Tennyson).
(SYN) yearn, crave. - long⇄long (3), adjective.
(Dialect.) along. - long⇄long (4), intransitive verb.
1. (Archaic.) to be fitting; be appropriate to.
Ex. ... such feast as 'longed unto a mighty king (William Morris).
2. (Obsolete.) to be the property or rightful possession; belong. - long⇄noun 1. a long time.
Ex. I am going away but not for long.
2. a long sound or syllable.
3. a size of garment for people who are taller than average.
4. a person who buys or holds more goods or stock than he needs, generally dep