Definition of Long

Long Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away. Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc. Far-reaching; extensive. Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30. A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. A long sound, syllable, or vowel. The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it. To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line. To a great extent in time; during a long time. At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest. Through the whole extent or duration. Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone? By means of; by the fault of; because of. To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. Related Definitions: Advance, After, An, And, Any, Apace, As, At, Away, Be, Because, Before, Belong, Book, Bought, Breve, Broad, By, Causing, Coming, Conquest, Considerable, Continued, Cotton, Craving, Debate, Depending, Desire, Dimension, Direction, Distant, Distinguished, Drama, Drawn, Duration, During, Eagerness, Either, Extended, Extensive, Extent, Far, Fault, Feel, Followed, For, Formerly, Foundation, From, Go, Gone, Goods, Great, Guide, Half, Having, Hence, History, Hold, Hours, How, In, Infinitive, Interval, Is, It, Large, Length, Less, Line, Lingering, Long, Margin, Market, Measure, Mile, Morbid, More, Music, Not, Note, Occurring, Of, On, One, Only, Opposed, Or, Out, Passing, Phrase, Point, Posterior, Prepared, Price, Prior, Profit, Prolonged, Pronunciation, Protracted, Question, Relatively, Rise, Said, Securities, See, Series, Short, Side, Slow, Something, Sound, Span, Specified, Strong, Substance, Sum, Supply, Syllable, That, The, Through, Time, Tine, To, Twice, Unto, Upon, Used, Utterance, Vowel, Watching, Weariness, When, Whole, Wide, Will, Wish, With, Yard, You

Long Quotations Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Buddha I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it. Marilyn Monroe Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live. Marilyn Monroe We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. Mother Teresa I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. Maya Angelou Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. Thomas Jefferson My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. Thomas Jefferson It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. Dalai Lama Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot. Tony Robbins Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old. Abraham Lincoln

Long Translations long in Afrikaans is lang long in Danish is lang long in Dutch is lang long in French is longuement, long, vaste long in German is lang, lang, weit long in Italian is vasto, lungo long in Latin is prolix, longus long in Norwegian is lenge, lengte, lang long in Portuguese is comprido, por muito tempo long in Spanish is largo, vasto