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long
/lɔŋ/
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  1. adjective
    good at remembering

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    recollective retentive tenacious
  2. adjective
    planning prudently for the future
    "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

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    farseeing farsighted foresighted foresightful longsighted prospicient provident
  3. verb
    desire strongly or persistently

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    hanker yearn
    type of:
    want desire
  4. adjective
    having or being more than normal or necessary
    "long on brains" "in long supply"

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    abundant
  5. adjective
    holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
    "is long on coffee" "a long position in gold"
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    short
  6. adjective
    involving substantial risk
    "long odds"

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    unsound
  7. adjective
    of relatively great height
    "a race of long gaunt men" "looked out the long French windows"

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    tall
  8. adjective
    (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
    "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
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    short
  9. adjective
    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"

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    prolonged lank sesquipedalian lengthened stretch extendible long-handled elongate long-range elongated long-snouted long-staple long-wool long-wooled extendable extended oblong far pole-handled polysyllabic
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    short
  10. adjective
    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"

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    weeklong womb-to-tomb yearlong agelong all-night bimestrial chronic continuing daylong drawn-out durable eight-day endless eternal extended hourlong interminable lasting lengthy lifelong long-acting long-dated long-lasting long-life long-lived long-range long-run long-standing long-term longish longitudinal longstanding monthlong nightlong overnight perennial prolonged protracted semipermanent seven-day time-consuming
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    short
Definition that contains long
  • gig long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
  • lincoln long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire
  • beam long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
  • canal long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
  • banner long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
  • cheetah long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
  • homesick longing to return home
  • nostalgia longing for something past
  • mane long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
  • pew long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
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