Long

Adjective

 * 1) Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point.
 * It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
 * 1) Having great duration.
 * The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
 * 1)  possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or financial instruments with prices positively correlated with them.
 * 2)  of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position)

Synonyms

 * deep, extended, high , lengthy, tall
 * extended, lengthy, prolonged

Antonyms

 * low, shallow , short
 * brief, short
 * short

Derived terms

 * as the day is long
 * long arm of the law
 * long gun
 * longhand
 * longhand


 * long-haul
 * long paddock
 * long pig
 * long shot


 * long vehicle
 * the long and short

Adverb

 * 1) Over a great distance in space.
 * He threw the ball long.
 * 1) For a particular duration.
 * How long is it until the next bus arrives?
 * 1) For a long duration.
 * Will this interview take long?
 * 1) * 1594 — William Shakespeare, Hamlet i 3
 * I stay too long: but here my father comes.

Synonyms

 * a long way, far
 * a long time

Antonyms

 * a short distance, a short way
 * an instant, a minute, a moment, a second, a short time, not long

Noun

 * 1)  A long vowel.
 * 2)  A long integer variable, twice the size of an int and half of a long long. A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
 * 3)  An entity with a long position in an asset.
 * Every uptick made the longs cheer.

Verb

 * 1)  To take a long position in.

Verb

 * 1)  To await, to aspire, to desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
 * She longed for him to come back.
 * 1) * 1922,, 
 * The Rabbit sighed. He thought it would be a long time before this magic called Real happened to him. He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad.

Synonyms

 * ache, yearn

Derived terms

 * longing

Adverbs for Long
extraordinarily;  endlessly;  interminably; monotonously; unbearably; ridiculously; excessively; remarkably; singularly; extremely; unbelievably; unnecessarily; sufficiently; tediously; inexcusably; unserviceably; unconscionably; incredibly; diffusely; tiresomely; wearily; terribly; curiously; unaccountably; unwarrantably.

nostalgically; impassionedly; wildly; sentimentally; fondly; inexplicably; fruitlessly; morbidly; restlessly; irresistibly; insatiably; singularly; inexpressibly; lingeringly; buoyantly; irrationally.

Thesaurus
a mile long, ache, ache for, ache to, aeon, age, ages, aim, and night, aspire, be dying for, be dying to, be hurting for, big, blue moon, bull, bull account, burn to, century, choose to, clamor for, colossal, covet, crave, cry for, day after day, de longue haleine, dearly love to, desire, diffuse, diffusive, dragging, drawn-out, dream, dream of, elongate, elongated, endless, enduringly, eternity, extended, extensive, fancy, far-flung, far-reaching, fargoing, filled out, flatulent, for an age, for life, for long, gangling, gangly, gape for, giant, gigantic, great, hanker, hone for, hope for, hour after hour, hunger, interminable, interminably, itch, itch for, itch to, languish for, languishing, lank, lanky, large, lasting, leggy, lengthened, lengthy, like to, lingering, long account, long ago, long for, long interest, long side, long since, long time, long to, long while, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-legged, long-pending, long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, longish, longs, longsome, love to, lust, lust for, marathon, miss, month after month, month of Sundays, morning, no end of, noon, out, outstretched, overlong, padded, pant for, persistently, pine, pine for, prolix, prolonged, protracted, protractedly, rangy, right smart spell, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, sigh, sigh for, since time began, spoil for, spun-out, statuesque, stretched-out, sustained, talkative, tall, the livelong day, thirst, thirst for, till doomsday, time immemorial, undyingly, unendingly, unrelenting, verbose, want, want to, weary for, windy, wish, wish for, wish to, without end, wordy, year after year, yearn, yearn for, years, years on end, yen, yen for

Etymology 1
From long:, lang:, from  long:, lang:, from, from. Cognate with lang:,  lang:,  lang:,  lang:,  langur:,  longus:.

Etymology 2
From longen:, from  langian:, from, from. Cognate with langen:,  langa:,  langa:,  and  verlangen:.

Adjective

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: طويل
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Bashkir:
 * Breton: hir
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: ,
 * Mandarin: 長, 长
 * Chuvash:
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech:
 * Dolgan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Gagauz:
 * German:
 * Hindi: /
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: longe
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk:
 * Karachay-Balkar:
 * Karakalpak:
 * Kazakh: ұзын
 * Khakas:
 * Korean: 길다
 * Koryak:
 * Kumyk:
 * Kumyk:


 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: longus, longa, longum
 * Lithuanian: ilgas, ilga , ilga
 * Mongolian: урт
 * Norwegian: lang
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Persian: طولانی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: lung, lungă
 * Russia Buryat:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: lang
 * Scottish Gaelic:, a dh'fhaid
 * Shor:
 * Sicilian: longu, longa
 * Slovak: dlhý, dlhá , dlhé
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Southern Altai:
 * Spanish:, larga
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: ozın
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Tuvan:
 * Ukrainian: довгий
 * Urdu: لمبا
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: dài
 * Volapük: lunik
 * Welsh:
 * Yakut:
 * Yakut:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: طويل
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, ,
 * Mandarin: 久, 長, 长
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hindi: /
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 오래되다
 * Lithuanian: ilgas, ilga , ilga


 * Norwegian: lang
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: lang
 * Scottish Gaelic:, a dh'fhaid
 * Slovak: dlhý, dlhá , dlhé
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ยาวนาน
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: довгий
 * Urdu: لمبا
 * Vietnamese: lâu
 * Vietnamese: lâu


 * Albanian:
 * Catalan: llarg
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Hebrew: אָרֹךְ (arokh), אֲרֻכָּה (aruka)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: longa
 * Korean: (1) 길다 (gilda), 멀다 (meolda)
 * Kurdish: dirêj,
 * Latin: longus, longa , longum
 * Lithuanian: ilgas, ilga , ilga
 * Malay: ,
 * Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠲᠤ (urtu)
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: lung, lungă
 * Slovak: dlhý, dlhá , dlhé
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: పొడవైన (poDavaina)

Adverb

 * Czech:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 길게 (gilge), 멀리 (meolli)
 * Russian:


 * Scots: lang
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * how long &mdash; combien de temps
 * Italian:
 * how long &mdash; quanto tempo


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: lang
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Danish: længe
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Russian:
 * Scots: lang
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * : 길이 (girI), 오래 (orae)

Verb

 * Albanian: dëshiron
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: enyorar
 * Chinese: 渴望 (kěwàng)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: toužit po, dychtit po, přát (si)
 * Danish: længes
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: (sich) sehnen
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 바라다 (barada), 기다리다 (gidarida), 갈망하다 (galmang-hada)
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Norwegian: lengte
 * Polish: pragnąć, tęsknić, wzdychać do
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: чезнути
 * Roman: čeznuti
 * Slovak: túžiť, cnieť
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  lung

Adjective

 * 1) long

Synonyms
grand, haut, large, épais, profond

Antonyms
court, bas, étroit, mince

Derived terms

 * le long de
 * longuement

Noun

 * 1) ship

Etymology
From long:.

Pinyin syllable
long



Adjective

 * 1)  length, duration

Etymology
Backformation from longe:, the feminine form of lonc:

Noun

 * 1) boat
 * 2) ship

Etymology
Generally assumed to be a loan, from {{term|longa|(navis} longa|lang=la}}, but Joseph Loth believed it to be from, cognate to  llong:.

Noun

 * 1) ship

Etymology
From long:.

Preposition
long


 * 1) to, toward, into
 * 2) in, at, near

Noun
long


 * 1) lunch

Adjective
long


 * 1) loose
 * răng long &mdash; loose tooth

Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese, from Chinese 龍

Noun
long


 * 1) dragon