Overview of verb long

The verb long has 1 sense

• hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)

Overview of adj long

The adj long has 9 senses

• long -- (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")


• long -- (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")


• long -- (of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows")


• retentive, recollective, long, tenacious -- (good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory")


• long -- (holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold")


• long -- ((of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long")


• long -- (involving substantial risk; "long odds")


• farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted -- (planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues")


• long -- (having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply")

Overview of adv long

The adv long has 2 senses

• long -- (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")


• long -- (for an extended distance)