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- longlong1 [lôŋ]adj.[ME < OE, akin to Ger lang < Gmc * lango- > ON langr, Goth laggs: ? akin to L longus]1. measuring much from end to end in space or from beginning to end in time; not short or brief2. measured from end to end rather than from side to side [the long dimension]3. of a specified extent in length [a foot long]4. of greater than usual or standard length, height, quantity, etc. [a long game, a long window, a long ton]5. containing many items or members: said of a series, list, etc.6. overextended in length7. taking too much time; tedious; slow8. extending to what is distant in space or time; far-reaching [a long view of the matter]9. large; big [the long odds of 100 to 1, to take a long chance]10. having an abundance of: with of or on [long on excuses ]☆ 11. Finance holding a commodity or security in anticipation of a rise in price12.a) Phonet. lasting for a relatively long time: said of a speech soundb) popularly diphthongized [the long a in “pain”]: opposed to SHORT, adj. 13b)13. Prosodya) requiring a relatively long time to pronounce: said of syllables in quantitative verseb) stressed: said of syllables in accentual verseadv.1. for a long time2. for the duration of; from the beginning to the end [all day long]3. at a much earlier or a much later time than the time indicated; remotely [to stay long after midnight]n.1. a variation of clothing size longer than the average for that size2. [pl.] long pants3. a signal, syllable, etc. of long duration4. a long time [it won't take long to finish the work]——————as long as or so long as1. of the same length as2. during the time that3. seeing that; since4. provided that——————before longsoon——————the long and the short of or the long and short ofthe whole story of in a few words; gist or point oflong2 [lôŋ]vi.[ME longen < OE langian (akin to Ger langen, to reach, extend) < base of lang: see LONG1]to feel a strong yearning; wish earnestly [to long to go home, to long for affection]long3 [lôŋ]vi.[ME longen < OE langian, to belong]Archaic to be fitting or appropriatelong4abbrev.longitude
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.