"long for" meaning in All languages combined

See long for on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adjective|-}} long for (not comparable)
  1. likely to remain for a long time Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Emotions
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Verb [English]

Forms: longs for [present, singular, third-person], longing for [participle, present], longed for [participle, past], longed for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} long for (third-person singular simple present longs for, present participle longing for, simple past and past participle longed for)
  1. (transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event). Tags: transitive Synonyms: yearn for, crave for, hanker for Translations (to have desire for; to yearn): ὁμείρομαι (homeíromai) (Ancient Greek), ποθέω (pothéō) (Ancient Greek), darıxmaq (Azerbaijani), enyorança (Catalan), 願望 (Chinese Mandarin), 愿望 (yuànwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 渴望 (kěwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), bramur (Dalmatian), begeren (Dutch), sopiri (Esperanto), ikävöidä (Finnish), kaivata (Finnish), convoiter (French), begehren (German), ikävöijä (Ingrian), ikävöittää (Ingrian), bramare (Italian), cupio (Latin), үгүйлэх (ügüjlex) (Mongolian), íítʼiʼ (Navajo), lengte (Norwegian), desejar (Portuguese), ansiar (Portuguese), almejar (Portuguese), anhelar (Spanish), längta efter (Swedish), bramizar (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-long_for-en-verb-c50D~Hmn Disambiguation of 'to have desire for; to yearn': 91 9
  2. (transitive) To miss (someone). Tags: transitive Translations (to miss): اِشْتَاقَ (ištāqa) (Arabic), 想念 (xiǎngniàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 思念 (sīniàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 盼念 (pànniàn) (Chinese Mandarin), verlangen (Dutch), ikävöidä (Finnish), kaivata (Finnish), languir (French), sich sehnen (German), verlangen (German), ikävöijä (Ingrian), ikävöittää (Ingrian), あこがれる (akogareru) (Japanese), 憧れる (akogareru) (Japanese), 恋い慕う (koishitau) (Japanese), desidero (Latin), sentir saudade (Portuguese), ter saudade (Portuguese), estar com saudade (Portuguese), sentir falta (Portuguese), скуча́ть (skučátʹ) (Russian), тоскова́ть (toskovátʹ) (Russian), жа́ждать (žáždatʹ) (Russian), стреми́ться (stremítʹsja) (Russian), echar de menos (Spanish), längta tillbaka till (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-long_for-en-verb-g2mYdjKd Disambiguation of 'to miss': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: longing, not long for

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "begehren"
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          "roman": "homeíromai",
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          "roman": "pothéō",
          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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          "word": "bramare"
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          "word": "cupio"
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ügüjlex",
          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "үгүйлэх"
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          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "íítʼiʼ"
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          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "lengte"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "desejar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "ansiar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "almejar"
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          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "anhelar"
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          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
          "word": "längta efter"
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          "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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          "ref": "1888, Tighe Hopkins, For Freedom, volume 2, page 104:",
          "text": "“I will stay now, if you bid me,” she replied, as low. “See, I am going to my mother, who longs for me as I for her. I will not go unless you let me.”",
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          "ref": "1982, Luise Mühlbach, chapter LIV, in F. Jordan, transl., Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel, page 297:",
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          "text": "He remembered those long years before his marriage, when he had longed for her and she had resisted him[…]",
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          "word": "あこがれる"
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          "word": "憧れる"
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        {
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          "roman": "koishitau",
          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "恋い慕う"
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          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "desidero"
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          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "sentir saudade"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "ter saudade"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "estar com saudade"
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          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "sentir falta"
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          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "скуча́ть"
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          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "тоскова́ть"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "žáždatʹ",
          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "жа́ждать"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stremítʹsja",
          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "стреми́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "echar de menos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to miss",
          "word": "längta tillbaka till"
        }
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    }
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}
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    "Terms with Dalmatian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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          "text": "I asked the doctor if I was long for this world (likely to live a long time)",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2009, Karen Hawkins, Talk of the Town, page 126:",
          "text": "But it doesn't matter, because Roxie's not long for this town. As soon as her mother's better, she'll be on her way to Paris.",
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  ],
  "word": "long for"
}

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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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      "form": "longs for",
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      "form": "longing for",
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      "form": "longed for",
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      "word": "longing"
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      "word": "not long for"
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        {
          "text": "He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "Oh how I long for this pandemic to end so we can go dancing again.",
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        "To have a desire for (a thing or an event)."
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        "(transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event)."
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          "word": "yearn for"
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          "word": "crave for"
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          "word": "hanker for"
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          "ref": "1888, Tighe Hopkins, For Freedom, volume 2, page 104:",
          "text": "“I will stay now, if you bid me,” she replied, as low. “See, I am going to my mother, who longs for me as I for her. I will not go unless you let me.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Luise Mühlbach, chapter LIV, in F. Jordan, transl., Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel, page 297:",
          "text": "For some time he had not heard from his consort[…]His heart longed for her and his child.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Edith Sitwell, Fanfare for Elizabeth:",
          "text": "He remembered those long years before his marriage, when he had longed for her and she had resisted him[…]",
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        }
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        "To miss (someone)."
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        "(transitive) To miss (someone)."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "darıxmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "enyorança"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "願望"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuànwàng",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "愿望"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěwàng",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "渴望"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "bramur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "begeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "sopiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "ikävöidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "kaivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "convoiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "begehren"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "homeíromai",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "ὁμείρομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pothéō",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "ποθέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "ikävöijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "ikävöittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "bramare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "cupio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ügüjlex",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "үгүйлэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "íítʼiʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "lengte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "desejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "ansiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "almejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "anhelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "längta efter"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
      "word": "bramizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ištāqa",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "اِشْتَاقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎngniàn",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "想念"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sīniàn",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "思念"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pànniàn",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "盼念"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "verlangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "ikävöidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "kaivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "languir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "sich sehnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "verlangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "ikävöijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "ikävöittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akogareru",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "あこがれる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akogareru",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "憧れる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koishitau",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "恋い慕う"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "desidero"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "sentir saudade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "ter saudade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "estar com saudade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "sentir falta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skučátʹ",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "скуча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "toskovátʹ",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "тоскова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žáždatʹ",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "жа́ждать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stremítʹsja",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "стреми́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "echar de menos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to miss",
      "word": "längta tillbaka till"
    }
  ],
  "word": "long for"
}

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