long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. yearn suggests an eager, restless, or …

I've been waiting a long time. It's a long time since I worked there. Apparently the sessions are an hour long.

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LONG definition: having considerable linear extent in space. See examples of long used in a sentence.

1. A long time: This won't take long. 2. Linguistics A long syllable, vowel, or consonant. 3. One who acquires holdings in a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in price.

You use long to ask or talk about amounts of time. How long have you lived around here? He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember. Long is also an adjective.

having considerable duration in time: a long conversation; a long while. extending, lasting, or totaling a number of specified units: eight miles long; eight hours long.

At or to a considerable distance; far. She walked long past the end of the trail.

The adjective long describes something that stretches over a large distance. If you're trying to avoid a prolonged visit with your crazy Aunt Martha, you might decide to take the long way to her house.

Definition of long adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.