Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point.
Having relatively great height.
Of relatively great duration.
Of a specified linear extent or duration.
To have a yearning desire.
Qualifying a measure of length, to indicate that it is greater than stated, or is felt by the speaker to be excessive in duration.
Having a shape with one dimension of much greater length than the others.
Having (a specified) distance from end to end.
Of something consisting of a series of items (like a list, a sentence, a literary work): having a great extent from the start to the end.
That which has been so for a long time.
A person who buys a financial security such as a stock, commodity or currency, with the expectation that it will rise in value
Extending to a great distance.
For or during a long time.
Having a financial position in a security so as to profit if the price of the security goes up.
planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
desire strongly or persistently
having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; ; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
(phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
(finance) holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
involving substantial risk; "long odds"
(prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long"
for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
for an extended distance
have a yen for
(of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory"
a comparatively long time; "this won''t take long"; "they haven''t been gone long"
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour
of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate'', `beat'', `bite'', `boat'', `boot'')
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bed
having or being more than normal or necessary:
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
