Meaning & Definition of Long in English

1. Desire strongly or persistently

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. Of relatively great height

• "A race of long gaunt men"- sherwood anderson

• "Looked out the long french windows"

4. Good at remembering

• "A retentive mind"

• "Tenacious memory"

5. Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices

• "Is long on coffee"

• "A long position in gold"

6. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration

• "The english vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"

7. Involving substantial risk

• "Long odds"

8. Planning prudently for the future

• "Large goals that required farsighted policies"

• "Took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

9. Having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"

• "In long supply"

1. 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"

2. For an extended distance