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Definition long

Etymology 1

From Middle English long, lang, from Old English longe, long, lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlong?os (“long”). Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), North Frisian long, lung (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), Norwegian, West Frisian, Dutch and German lang (“long”), Swedish lång (“long”), Icelandic langur (“long”), Galician longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”), Latin longus (“long”), Russian ???????? (dlínnyj). Not a loan from French long, which is an inherited cognate from the exact same form.

Adjective

long (comparative longer, superlative longest)

  1. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
  2. Having great duration.
  3. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
  4. (Britain, dialectal) Not short; tall.
  5. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
  6. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
  7. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
  8. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
Adverb

long (comparative longer, superlative longest)

  1. Over a great distance in space.
  2. For a particular duration.
  3. For a long duration.
Noun

long (plural longs)

  1. (linguistics) A long vowel.
  2. (prosody) A long syllable.
  3. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
  4. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
  5. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
  6. (Britain, colloquial, dated) The long summer vacation at the English universities.
Verb

long (third-person singular simple present longs, present participle longing, simple past and past participle longed)

  1. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.

Etymology 2

From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to long for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, lengthen, grow longer, summon, belong”), from Proto-Germanic *lang?n? (“to desire, long for”), from Proto-Indo-European *leng??- (“to be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary”). Cognate with German langen (“to reach, be sufficient”), Swedish langa (“to push, pass by hand”), Icelandic langa (“to want, desire”), Dutch, German verlangen (“to desire, want, long for”).

Verb

long (third-person singular simple present longs, present participle longing, simple past and past participle longed)

  1. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)

Etymology 3

Aphetic form of Old English gelang; the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong.

Adjective

long (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) On account of, because of.
Verb

long (third-person singular simple present longs, present participle longing, simple past and past participle longed)

  1. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

Etymology 4

Shortening of longitude

Noun

long (plural longs)

  1. longitude

Etymology 5

From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to belong, pertain”), from Old English *lang, which is of uncertain origin yet related to Old English ?elang (“dependent, attainable, present, belonging, consequent”), Old Saxon gilang (“ready, available”).

Verb

long (third-person singular simple present longs, present participle longing, simple past and past participle longed)

  1. (obsolete) To belong.

Results 233 Words with the letters LONG

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7 letter words with the letters LONG 
6 letter words with the letters LONG 
AGONAL 10
ANALOG 10
BELONG 13
DOLING 11
DONGLE 11
ELOIGN 10
FLAGON 13
FLONGS 13
GALLON 11
GLOBIN 13
GLUONS 11
GOBLIN 13
GOLDEN 11
HOLING 12
KALONG 14
KLONGS 14
LAGOON 10
LANUGO 11
LEGION 10
LEGONG 12
LOGANS 10
LOGION 10
LONGAN 11
LONGED 11
LONGER 10
LONGES 10
LONGLY 13
LOOING 10
LOPING 13
LOSING 10
LOUNGE 11
LOUNGY 13
LOVING 14
LOWING 13
LOXING 17
MONGOL 13
OBLONG 13
OGLING 12
OILING 10
OOLONG 10
POLING 13
SLOGAN 10
SOLING 10
TIGLON 10
TOLING 10
UNCLOG 14
VOLING 14
5 letter words with the letters LONG 
FLONG 12
GLUON 10
KLONG 13
4 letter words with the letters LONG 
LONG 8
3 letter words with the letters LONG 
LOG 6
NOG 6
2 letter words with the letters LONG 
GO 4
LO 3
NO 3
ON 3

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