"long" meaning in English

See long in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lɒŋ/ [UK], /lɔːŋ/ [US], /lɑŋ/ Audio: en-us-long.ogg [US], en-uk-long.ogg [UK] Forms: long [positive], longer [comparative], longest [superlative]
enPR: lông [US], läng Head templates: {{adj|long|longer|longest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is long, it takes a lot of time. Synonyms: lengthy
    Sense id: simple-long-en-adj-07xczOh~
  2. If something is long, it has a large distance from end to end. Synonyms: lengthy
    Sense id: simple-long-en-adj-vb-NcHRp

Adverb

IPA: /lɒŋ/ [UK], /lɔːŋ/ [US], /lɑŋ/ Audio: en-us-long.ogg [US], en-uk-long.ogg [UK]
enPR: lông [US], läng
  1. If something takes long, it takes a lot of time.
    Sense id: simple-long-en-adv-N0aX3j8I

Verb

IPA: /lɒŋ/ [UK], /lɔːŋ/ [US], /lɑŋ/ Audio: en-us-long.ogg [US], en-uk-long.ogg [UK] Forms: long [canonical], longs [third-person, singular], longed [past], longed [past, participle], longing [present, participle]
enPR: lông [US], läng Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you long for something, you wish for or really want it.
    Sense id: simple-long-en-verb-MuqHY~3k Categories (other): Verbs
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        {
          "text": "At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie."
        },
        {
          "text": "That was a long time ago, when I was a child."
        },
        {
          "text": "How long is it until we have our trip?"
        },
        {
          "text": "He was often quiet for long periods of time."
        }
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
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          "word": "lengthy"
        }
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    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair."
        },
        {
          "text": "The paper was about 20 cm long and 12 cm wide."
        },
        {
          "text": "You can hear it across long distances."
        },
        {
          "text": "She wore a long gray skirt with a black jacket."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "sampa": "/lQN/",
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      "enpr": "lông",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/lɔːŋ/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "enpr": "läng",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We had dinner together not so long ago."
        },
        {
          "text": "I do not know how long I was standing there."
        },
        {
          "text": "She left home long before I did."
        },
        {
          "text": "I could not go on any longer."
        },
        {
          "text": "Those days are so long gone."
        },
        {
          "text": "This change is long overdue."
        }
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "longed",
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        {
          "text": "Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife."
        }
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    {
      "enpr": "lông",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/lɔːŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "läng",
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      "ipa": "/lɑŋ/",
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          "text": "At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie."
        },
        {
          "text": "That was a long time ago, when I was a child."
        },
        {
          "text": "How long is it until we have our trip?"
        },
        {
          "text": "He was often quiet for long periods of time."
        }
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        "If something is long, it takes a lot of time."
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          "text": "It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair."
        },
        {
          "text": "The paper was about 20 cm long and 12 cm wide."
        },
        {
          "text": "You can hear it across long distances."
        },
        {
          "text": "She wore a long gray skirt with a black jacket."
        }
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      "ipa": "/lɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "sampa": "/lQN/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "lông",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔːŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "sampa": "/lO:N/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "enpr": "läng",
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      "ipa": "/lɑŋ/",
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  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We had dinner together not so long ago."
        },
        {
          "text": "I do not know how long I was standing there."
        },
        {
          "text": "She left home long before I did."
        },
        {
          "text": "I could not go on any longer."
        },
        {
          "text": "Those days are so long gone."
        },
        {
          "text": "This change is long overdue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something takes long, it takes a lot of time."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/lɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lông",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/lɔːŋ/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "long"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "longs",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "longed",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "longed",
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        {
          "text": "Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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        "US"
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}

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