long

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬.

The word exceptionally retains the Old English darkening of -a- before nasals. Though there are other such examples in Middle and Modern English (e.g., , , ), the o-form may have been reinforced by , from , from the same Indo-European word. and.

Adjective

 * 1)  Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
 * 2) Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below).
 * 3) Travelling a great distance.
 * 4)  Having a long penis.
 * 5) Travelling or extending too great a distance in space.
 * 6)  Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location.
 * 7)  Going beyond the intended target.
 * 8) Having great duration.
 * 9) Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring, tedious, tiring, irksome, etc.
 * 10)  Not short; tall.
 * 11)   Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
 * 12)  Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
 * 13)  Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
 * 14) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
 * 15)  In great supply; abundant.
 * 16)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 17)  serious; deadly.
 * 1) Having great duration.
 * 2) Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring, tedious, tiring, irksome, etc.
 * 3)  Not short; tall.
 * 4)   Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
 * 5)  Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
 * 6)  Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
 * 7) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
 * 8)  In great supply; abundant.
 * 9)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 10)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  Not short; tall.
 * 2)   Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
 * 3)  Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
 * 4)  Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
 * 5) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
 * 6)  In great supply; abundant.
 * 7)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 8)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
 * 2)  Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
 * 3) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
 * 4)  In great supply; abundant.
 * 5)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 6)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 2)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 2)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 2)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 2)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  stupid; annoying; bullshit
 * 2)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  serious; deadly.
 * 1)  serious; deadly.

Usage notes

 * Wide may be used instead of long when referring to a left-to-right horizontal dimension, or to a horizontal dimension shorter than that described as long (for example, a river that is wide and long). Deep may be used for a horizontal front-to-back dimension.
 * Tall or high are usually used instead of long when referring to positive vertical dimension (upwards), and deep when referring to negative vertical dimension (downwards).

Synonyms

 * , extended, high, lengthy, tall

Antonyms

 * , shallow, short

Noun

 * 1)  A long vowel.
 * 2)  A long syllable.
 * 3)  A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
 * 4)  A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
 * 5)  An entity with a long position in an asset; for example, a trader or investor possessing an amount of a company's shares.
 * 6)  A long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.
 * 7) * "U.S. Treasury Market Structure", https://www.mfaalts.org/issue/u-s-treasury-market-structure/
 * Hedge funds are constrained in how much leverage they can utilize, in part because the futures contracts they are shorting against their Treasury longs have significant initial margin requirements.
 * 1)  A long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.
 * 2) * "U.S. Treasury Market Structure", https://www.mfaalts.org/issue/u-s-treasury-market-structure/
 * Hedge funds are constrained in how much leverage they can utilize, in part because the futures contracts they are shorting against their Treasury longs have significant initial margin requirements.
 * 1) * "U.S. Treasury Market Structure", https://www.mfaalts.org/issue/u-s-treasury-market-structure/
 * Hedge funds are constrained in how much leverage they can utilize, in part because the futures contracts they are shorting against their Treasury longs have significant initial margin requirements.

Verb

 * 1)  To take a long position in.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 做多

Etymology 2
From, , from , , from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

 * 1)  Over a great distance in space.
 * 2) Over too great a distance, beyond the target.
 * 3) For a particular duration.
 * 4)  For a long time.
 * 5)  For a long time.
 * 6) A long time.
 * 1) For a particular duration.
 * 2)  For a long time.
 * 3)  For a long time.
 * 4) A long time.
 * 1)  For a long time.
 * 2)  For a long time.
 * 3) A long time.
 * 1)  For a long time.
 * 2)  For a long time.
 * 3) A long time.
 * 1)  For a long time.
 * 2) A long time.
 * 1)  For a long time.
 * 2) A long time.
 * 1)  For a long time.
 * 2) A long time.
 * 1) A long time.

Usage notes
The use of long with the sense a long time (found as a complement of verbs like, , , , ,  or of the prepositions  or ) is normally restricted to questions and negative statements. In other situations, the phrase a long time is used instead:
 * Does it take long?
 * &mdash; No, it doesn't take long.
 * &mdash; Yes, it takes long.
 * &mdash; Yes, it takes a long time.
 * &mdash; Yes, it takes far too long.

This restriction does not apply when "long" is modified by an adverb such as too or enough. It also does not apply when "long" is used as a premodifier of a verb, participle, adjective, preposition or adverb with the sense "for a long time".

Etymology 3
From, from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)   To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the . See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Etymology 4
From, , an aphetic form of , , from , ; the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of.

Adjective

 * 1)  On account, because.

Verb

 * 1)  To be appropriate, to pertain or belong.

Etymology 5
Shortening of.

Etymology 6
From, from , from , which is of uncertain origin yet related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To belong.

Etymology
From, from , also , , from , , from.

Noun

 * 1)  lung

Etymology
From. Equivalent to 🇨🇬 grammatically.

Etymology
From, also , , from , , from.

Noun

 * 1)  lung

Usage notes
Traditionally feminine in the Netherlands, masculine in Belgium due to masculinisation.

Etymology
.

Etymology
, from, , feminine of , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, origin of 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) length

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From, from Pre-Hlai (Norquest, 2015). Compare 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬).

Adjective

 * 1) big

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) large firecracker.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) ship

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) For a lengthy duration.

Usage notes
Unlike in standard English, in Jamaican creole the adverb long, when it means for a lengthy duration, is used freely in questions and statements, whether positive or negative.

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, Cham [louŋ], 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) coffin; casket

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) boat

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) clove

Etymology
From, a back-formation from , the feminine form of Early Old French , from.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1)  length, duration

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Etymology
Generally assumed to be a loan, from, but  believed it to be from ; either way, cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) boat
 * 2) ship

Preposition

 * 1) to; toward; into
 * 2) in; at; near

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) ship

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) ** These lights must rise in the sky to cast light toward the ground.
 * 2) ** These lights must rise in the sky to cast light toward the ground.
 * 3) ** And God made a good speech to give strength to them. He said to them: "You varied things of the ocean, you must multiply and fill every part of the sea. And you birds, you must multiply on earth.
 * 4) ** Then God made a woman out of that bone he had taken from the man, and later he brought the woman to go to the man.
 * 5) ** And the Lord God said to the snake: "You did a bad deed, and so I have a powerful curse for you. You will have a great weight. The wight you carry will exceed that of any all animals. Now, and for all times, you will only walk on your stomach. And you will eat the dirt of the earth.
 * 6) ** And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.
 * 1) ** And God made a good speech to give strength to them. He said to them: "You varied things of the ocean, you must multiply and fill every part of the sea. And you birds, you must multiply on earth.
 * 2) ** Then God made a woman out of that bone he had taken from the man, and later he brought the woman to go to the man.
 * 3) ** And the Lord God said to the snake: "You did a bad deed, and so I have a powerful curse for you. You will have a great weight. The wight you carry will exceed that of any all animals. Now, and for all times, you will only walk on your stomach. And you will eat the dirt of the earth.
 * 4) ** And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.
 * 1) ** Then God made a woman out of that bone he had taken from the man, and later he brought the woman to go to the man.
 * 2) ** And the Lord God said to the snake: "You did a bad deed, and so I have a powerful curse for you. You will have a great weight. The wight you carry will exceed that of any all animals. Now, and for all times, you will only walk on your stomach. And you will eat the dirt of the earth.
 * 3) ** And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.
 * 1) ** And the Lord God said to the snake: "You did a bad deed, and so I have a powerful curse for you. You will have a great weight. The wight you carry will exceed that of any all animals. Now, and for all times, you will only walk on your stomach. And you will eat the dirt of the earth.
 * 2) ** And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.
 * 1) ** And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.
 * 1) ** And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.
 * 1) ** And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.

Derived terms

 * long wanem

Etymology 1
Compare as in.

Adjective

 * 1) loose

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1)  dragon