Collins English-English Dictionary

long [lɒŋ]

1. 1. adj having relatively great extent in space on a horizontal plane

2. 2. adj having relatively great duration in time

3. 3. adj

4. 4. adj [postpositive] of a specified number of units in extent or duration

   three hours long

5. 5. adj (in combination)

   a two-foot-long line

6. 6. adj having or consisting of a relatively large number of items or parts

   a long list

7. 7. adj having greater than the average or expected range

   a long memory

8. 8. adj being the longer or longest of alternatives

   the long way to the bank

9. 9. adj having more than the average or usual quantity, extent, or duration

   a long match

10. 10. adj seeming to occupy a greater time than is really so

    she spent a long afternoon waiting in the departure lounge

11. 11. adj intense or thorough (esp in the phrase a long look)

12. 12. adj (of drinks) containing a large quantity of nonalcoholic beverage

13. 13. adj (of a garment) reaching to the wearer's ankles

14. 14. adj [informal] [foll by on] plentifully supplied or endowed (with)

    long on good ideas

15. 15. adj

16. 16. adj [phonetics] of relatively considerable duration

17. 17. adj classified as long, as distinguished from the quality of other vowels

18. 18. adj (in popular usage) denoting the qualities of the five English vowels in such words as mate, mete, mite, moat, moot, and mute

19. 19. adj from end to end; lengthwise

20. 20. adj unlikely to win, happen, succeed, etc

    a long chance

21. 21. adj

22. 22. adj [prosody] denoting a vowel of relatively great duration or (esp in classical verse) followed by more than one consonant

23. 23. adj denoting a syllable containing such a vowel

24. 24. adj (in verse that is not quantitative) carrying the emphasis or ictus

25. 25. adj [finance] having or characterized by large holdings of securities or commodities in anticipation of rising prices

    a long position

26. 26. adj [cricket] (of a fielding position) near the boundary

    long leg

27. 27. adj [informal] (of people) tall and slender

28. 28. adj See run

29. 29. adv for a certain time or period

    how long will it last?

30. 30. adv for or during an extensive period of time

    long into the next year

31. 31. adv at a distant time; quite a bit of time

    long before I met you

    long ago

32. 32. adv [finance] into a position with more security or commodity holdings than are required by sale contracts and therefore dependent on rising prices for profit

    to go long

33. 33. n a long time (esp in the phrase for long)

34. 34. n a relatively long thing, such as a signal in Morse code

35. 35. n a clothing size for tall people, esp in trousers

36. 36. n [phonetics] a long vowel or syllable

37. 37. n [finance] a person with large holdings of a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in its price; bull

38. 38. n [music] a note common in medieval music but now obsolete, having the time value of two breves

39. 39. n See also longs

40. 40. n [Etymology] Old English lang; related to Old High German lang, Old Norse langr, Latin longus

long [lɒŋ]

1. 1. vi. [intr; foll by for or an infinitive] to have a strong desire

2. 2. vi. [Etymology] Old English langian; related to long¹

long [lɒŋ]

1. 1. vi. [intr] [archaic] to belong, appertain, or be appropriate

2. 2. vi. [Etymology] Old English langian to belong, from gelang at hand, belonging to; compare along