long
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /lɒŋ/, SAMPA: /lQN/
- (US) enPR: lông, IPA (key): /lɔːŋ/, SAMPA: /lO:N/ or enPR: läng, IPA (key): /lɑŋ/, SAMPA: /lAN/
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Adjective
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Positive |
- If something is long, it takes a lot of time.
- Synonym: lengthy
- Antonym: short
- At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie.
- That was a long time ago, when I was a child.
- How long is it until we have our trip?
- He was often quiet for long periods of time.
- If something is long, it has a large distance from end to end.
- Synonym: lengthy
- Antonym: short
- It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair.
- The paper was about 20 cm long and 12 cm wide.
- You can hear it across long distances.
- She wore a long gray skirt with a black jacket.
Adverb
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Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- If something takes long, it takes a lot of time.
- We had dinner together not so long ago.
- I do not know how long I was standing there.
- She left home long before I did.
- I could not go on any longer.
- Those days are so long gone.
- This change is long overdue.
Verb
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (intransitive) If you long for something, you wish for or really want it.
- Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife.
