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, …

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 …

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