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Pronounce Long as L OW N G.

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    Long phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'long'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of long: /loʊnɡ/
    • Modern IPA representation of long: /lɒnɡ/

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    List of meaning for long

    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 end

    giraffes have long necks to help them reach leaves on tall trees

    lasting for a considerable time

    if it's boring, even a movie with a running time of 90 minutes can seem long

    a long or seemingly long period of time

    they should be here before long

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    Translation found for long

    long in sentence

    1. The poem was so very long that it was impossible to quote it in its entirety during my wedding speech.

    2. Christie prefers her hair short, although she likes the way it looks long as well.

    3. I am usually completely full long before I finish my main course at a restaurant, and I therefore never buy dessert.

    4. Once the hostage taker released his first hostage, the police force would debrief her for a long period of time in order to determine the weapons the hostage taker had and his demeanor.

    5. The protective accessory on the long knife makes the weapon similar in appearance to a fencing rapier.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term long

    Tighter liquidity has contributed to a squeeze on long USD/CNH positions and will mean investors are wary of shorting CNH in the near term.

    – Mitul Kotecha

    So long as bad moral attitudes remain, all efforts to improve the inner cities will founder.

    – Oliver Letwin

    When I see something from my youth, such as a Boeing 727 or Douglas DC-10, or even something much older like a DC-3 Dakota, I get really excited, however, it's also great to see something ultra-modern, like the brand new Airbus A350 or Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which have amazing technology on board and can travel very long distances.

    – Matt Falcus

    With the ethanol, really, he's got to come a long way, 'cause right now he's for the oil.

    – Yet Trump

    When one door of happiness closes another opens; but we often look so long at the closed one that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

    – Helen Keller, Quote of the day book

    It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

    – Mae West

    I've been eating and promoting organic foods long before Doctor Oz came on the scene. I'm a pioneer in pushing organics.

    – Johnny Wowk

    We've been pushing for this feature for a long time because it's very good at preventing crashes, we have telegraphed for some time that this was coming.

    – Jake Fisher

    I don't know, look, it wasn't that long ago that people wanted signatures on things, and now, forget that, 'I want my damn selfie. I'm not leaving until I get it,' So we spend a lot of quality time doing that.

    – Jeb Bush & Associates

    In the long term we envision that living tissues will be engineered as reliable building blocks by combining genetics, tissue-engineering and new manufacturing techniques (bioprinting and 3D-printing), ready to be assembled into these artificial creatures.

    – Jin Park

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