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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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