Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

longest longest definition

longest


 
  Overview  of  adj  longest 
 
  The  adj  longest  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  longer,  longest  --  (having  the  greater  length  of  two  or  the  greatest  length  of  several;  "the  longer  (or  long)  edge  of  the  door";  "the  hypotenuse  is  the  longest  (or  long)  side  of  a  right  triangle") 
 
  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  longest 
 
  The  adv  longest  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  longest  --  (for  the  most  time;  "she  stayed  longest") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  longest 
 
  1  sense  of  longest 
 
  Sense  1 
  longer,  longest 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  long)  ->  short 
 
  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  longest 
 
  1  sense  of  longest 
 
  Sense  1 
  longer,  longest 
  =>  long  (vs.  short) 
 
  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  longest 
 
 
  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  longest 
 
  longest  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  long 
 
  long  used  as  an  adjective  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  10) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  longest 
  longest 
 
  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  adj  longest 
 
  The  adj  longest  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  longer,  longest  --  (having  the  greater  length  of  two  or  the  greatest  length  of  several;  "the  longer  (or  long)  edge  of  the  door";  "the  hypotenuse  is  the  longest  (or  long)  side  of  a  right  triangle") 
 
  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  longest 
 
  The  adv  longest  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  longest  --  (for  the  most  time;  "she  stayed  longest") 



longest definition