long

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɒŋ/, SAMPA: /lQN/
• (US) enPR: lông, IPA: /lɔːŋ/, SAMPA: /lO:N/ or enPR: läng, IPA: /lɑŋ/, SAMPA: /lAN/
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Adjective

Positive long

Comparative longer

Superlative longest

1. If something is long, it has a large distance from end to end (not top to bottom), or it takes much time.
2. If you ask how long something is, you want to know the distance or time until the end.

Antonyms

• short

Verb

Plain form long

Third-person singular longs

Past tense longed

Past participle longed

Present participle longing

1. (intransitive) To wait for, to wish for, or to really want something to happen or to be true.

   Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife.

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