1. long - verb
· desire strongly or persistently
2. long - adjective
· 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"
Antonym(s): short
3. long - adjective
· 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"
Antonym(s): short
4. long - adjective
· of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
5. long - adjective
· good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
Synonym(s): retentive, recollective, tenacious
6. long - adjective
· holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
Antonym(s): short
7. long - adjective
· (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
Antonym(s): short
8. long - adjective
· involving substantial risk; "long odds"
9. long - adjective
· planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Synonym(s): farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, longsighted
10. long - adjective
· having or being more than normal or necessary; "long on brains"; "in long supply"
11. long - adverb
· 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"
12. long - adverb
· for an extended distance
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