long


Meanings

  • desire strongly or persistently
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • of relatively great height;
    • "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson
    • "looked out the long French windows"
  • good at remembering;
  • holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices;
    • "is long on coffee"
    • "a long position in gold"
  • (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration;
    • "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
  • involving substantial risk;
    • "long odds"
  • planning prudently for the future;
    • "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
  • having or being more than normal or necessary:
    • "long on brains"
    • "in long supply"
  • 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"
  • for an extended distance
  • LONG adj LONGER, LONGEST extending for a considerable distance
  • LONG v -ED, -ING, -S to desire strongly


Scrabble Score: 5

long is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

long is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

long is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 8

long is a valid Words With Friends word