adjective

long

UK /lɒŋ/US /lɔːŋ/

long

ADJECTIVE

Definition of long

1

If something is long, it takes a lot of time.

Example: At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie.

1

If something is long, it has a large distance from end to end.

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Example: It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair.

2

If something takes long, it takes a lot of time.

Example: We had dinner together not so long ago.

3

If you long for something, you wish for or really want it.

Example: Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife.

4

Long is a surname.

long

EXAMPLES

Examples of long

1

At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie.

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2

That was a long time ago, when I was a child.

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3

It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair.

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4

The paper was about 20 cm long and 12 cm wide.

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5

We had dinner together not so long ago.

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long

SMART VOCABULARY

Related words and phrases

Similar words

lengthy

Opposite words

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