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measuring a great distance in length
long(adj)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(adj)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(adj)of relatively great height
"a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
retentive, recollective, long, tenacious(adj)good at remembering
"a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
long(adj)holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
"is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
long(adj)(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
"the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
long(adj)involving substantial risk
"long odds"
farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted(adj)planning prudently for the future
"large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
long(verb)having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
"in long supply"
hanker, long, yearn(adverb)desire strongly or persistently
long(adverb)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(adverb)for an extended distance
of great extent from end to endgiraffes have long necks to help them reach leaves on tall trees
lasting for a considerable timeif it's boring, even a movie with a running time of 90 minutes can seem long
a long or seemingly long period of timethey should be here before long
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