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long |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb long 1 of 2 senses of long Sense 2 long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish => die Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb long 1 of 2 senses of long Sense 2 long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish => die Entailment of verb long Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb long 2 senses of long Sense 1 hanker, long, yearn => desire, want Sense 2 long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish => miss Familiarity of verb long long used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb long Sense 1 hanker, long, yearn => desire, want -------------- Sense 2 long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish => miss -------------- Grep of noun long furlong livelong long long-billed marsh wren long-clawed prawn long-distance long-distance call long-distance runner long-eared bat long-eared owl long-fin tunny long-handled spade long-head coneflower long-horned beetle long-horned grasshopper long-neck clam long-spurred violet long-sufferance long-suffering long-tailed porcupine long-tailed weasel long-term memory long-windedness long beach long beech fern long bone long division long dozen long haul long horse long hundred long hundredweight long iron long island long island sound long johns long jump long measure long moss long pants long pepper long pillow long plane long run long saphenous vein long shot long sleeve long suit long time long tom long ton long trousers long underwear long wave long whist longan longanberry longanimity longar palm longbeard longboat longbow longbowman longcase clock longer longevity longfellow longfin mako longhand longheaded thimbleweed longhorn longicorn longicorn beetle longing longitude longleaf pine longlegs longness longroot longshoreman longshot longsightedness longtail weasel longueur longways longways dance longwool longyi oblong oolong ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system so long tagalong tai long yard-long bean Overview of noun long The noun long has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (10) long -- (a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long") Overview of verb long The verb long has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (6) hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently) 2. (4) long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish -- (have a yen for) Overview of adj long The adj long has 10 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (118) 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") 2. (107) long -- (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") 3. (2) long -- (of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows") 4. long -- ((finance) holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold") 5. long -- ((phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')) 6. long -- ((prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration) 7. long -- (involving substantial risk; "long odds") 8. long, tenacious -- ((of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory") 9. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted -- (planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues") 10. long -- (having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply") Overview of adv long The adv long has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (37) 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") 2. long -- (for an extended distance) Antonyms of adj long 10 senses of long Sense 1 long (vs. short) short (vs. long) => abbreviated, shortened, truncated => brief, little => clipped => fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary => short-dated => short-range => short-run, short-term => telescoped, shortened => short and sweet(prenominal) Sense 2 long (vs. short) short (vs. long) => abbreviated, brief => close => curtal => sawed-off, shortened => shortish => short-range => short-snouted => telescoped, shortened => snub => stubby => truncate, truncated Sense 3 long INDIRECT (VIA tall) -> short Sense 4 long (vs. short) short (vs. long) Sense 5 long (vs. short) short (vs. long) Sense 6 long INDIRECT (VIA stressed) -> unstressed, unaccented Sense 7 long INDIRECT (VIA unsound) -> sound Sense 8 long, tenacious INDIRECT (VIA retentive) -> unretentive, forgetful Sense 9 farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted INDIRECT (VIA provident) -> improvident Sense 10 long INDIRECT (VIA abundant) -> scarce Similarity of adj long 10 senses of long Sense 1 long (vs. short) => agelong => bimestrial => daylong => drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted => durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived => endless, eternal, interminable => hourlong => lifelong, womb-to-tomb => long-acting => long-dated => longish => longitudinal => long-range => long-run, long-term, semipermanent => longstanding => monthlong => nightlong, overnight => perennial => weeklong => yearlong Sense 2 long (vs. short) => elongate, elongated => elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged => extendible, extendable => far => in length(prenominal) => lank => long-distance => longer, longest => long-handled => long-range => long-snouted => long-staple => oblong => polysyllabic, sesquipedalian => stretch(postnominal) => long-wool, long-wooled Sense 3 long => tall (vs. short) Sense 4 long (vs. short) Sense 5 long (vs. short) Sense 6 long => stressed (vs. unstressed) Sense 7 long => unsound (vs. sound) Sense 8 long, tenacious => retentive (vs. unretentive) Sense 9 farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted => provident (vs. improvident) Sense 10 long => abundant (vs. scarce) Attributes of adj long 2 of 10 senses of long Sense 1 long (vs. short) => duration, length Sense 2 long (vs. short) => length Familiarity of adj long long used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 10) Grep of adj long agelong daylong headlong hourlong lifelong livelong long long-acting long-ago long-dated long-distance long-faced long-familiar long-haired long-handled long-headed long-lasting long-legged long-lived long-play long-playing long-range long-run long-shanked long-snouted long-staple long-suffering long-term long-wearing long-winded long-wool long-wooled longanimous longed-for longer longest longhand longish longitudinal longsighted longstanding longtime monthlong nightlong oblong sidelong weeklong yearlong Overview of noun long The noun long has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (10) long -- (a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long") Overview of verb long The verb long has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (6) hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently) 2. (4) long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish -- (have a yen for) Overview of adj long The adj long has 10 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (118) 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") 2. (107) long -- (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") 3. (2) long -- (of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows") 4. long -- ((finance) holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold") 5. long -- ((phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')) 6. long -- ((prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration) 7. long -- (involving substantial risk; "long odds") 8. long, tenacious -- ((of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory") 9. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted -- (planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues") 10. long -- (having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply") Overview of adv long The adv long has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (37) 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") 2. long -- (for an extended distance)
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