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long > 14 senses
ADJECTIVE1longPrimarily temporal sense
2longPrimarily spatial sense
3longOf relatively great height
4longHolding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
5longOf speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
6longUsed of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
7longInvolving substantial risk
8long, tenacious(of memory) having greater than average range
9long, farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, longsightedPlanning prudently for the future
10longHaving or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
ADVERB1longFor an extended time or at a distant time
2longFor an extended distance
NOUN1longA comparatively long time
VERB1long, hanker, yearnDesire strongly or persistently
long > pronunciation
Soundslao'ng
Rhymesalong, Armstrong, belong, and 27 more rhymes in aong at the HyperDic website...
long > adjective 1
MeaningPrimarily temporal sense. Being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified.
Examples"a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
Attribute ofduration, length
Similaragelong; bimestrial; daylong; drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted; durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived; endless, eternal, interminable; hourlong; lifelong, womb-to-tomb; long-acting; long-dated; longish; long-life; longitudinal; long-range; long-run, long-term, semipermanent; longstanding; monthlong; nightlong, overnight; perennial; time-consuming; weeklong; yearlong
Contraryshort
Adverbslonger; longest
long > adjective 2
MeaningPrimarily spatial sense. Of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified.
Examples"a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
Attribute oflength
Similarelongate, elongated; elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged; extendible, extendable; far; in length; lank; long-distance; longer, longest; long-handled; long-range; long-snouted; long-staple; long-wool, long-wooled; oblong; polysyllabic, sesquipedalian; stretch
Contraryshort
long > adjective 3
MeaningOf relatively great height.
Examples"a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
Similar totall
long > adjective 4
MeaningHolding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices.
Examples"is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
Categoryfinance
Contraryshort
long > adjective 5
MeaningOf speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot').
Categoryphonetics
Contraryshort
long > adjective 6
MeaningUsed of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration.
Categoryprosody, metrics
Similar tostressed
long > adjective 7
MeaningInvolving substantial risk.
Examples"long odds"
Similar tounsound
long > adjective 8
Meaning(of memory) having greater than average range.
Examples"a long memory especially for insults"
Synonymstenacious
Similar toretentive
long > adjective 9
MeaningPlanning prudently for the future.
Examples"took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Synonymsfarseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, longsighted
Similar toprovident
long > adjective 10
MeaningHaving or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains".
Examples"in long supply"
Similar toabundant
long > noun, time
MeaningA comparatively long time.
Examples"this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long"
Broaderlong time, age, years
long > adverb 1
MeaningFor an extended time or at a distant time.
Examples"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"
long > adverb 2
MeaningFor an extended distance.
long > verb, emotion
MeaningDesire strongly or persistently.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
ModelThey long to move
Synonymshanker, yearn
Narrowerache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
Broaderdesire, want
Nounslonger; longing

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