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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" |
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short tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"
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agelong lasting through all time; "agelong struggle for freedom"
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bimestrial two months long; lasting two months
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continuing,
chronic remaining in force or being carried on without letup; "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table"
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daylong lasting through an entire day
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lengthy,
protracted,
drawn-out,
prolonged,
extended (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
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long-lasting,
long-lived,
durable,
lasting existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship"
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eight-day lasting for eight days
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interminable,
eternal,
endless having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an endless chain"
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hourlong lasting for an hour; "an hourlong examination"
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lifelong,
womb-to-tomb continuing through life; "a lifelong friend"; "from lifelong habit"; "his lifelong study of Greek art"
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long-acting active over a long period of time
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long-dated of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption
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longish somewhat long
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long-life (of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual; "long-life milk"
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longitudinal over an extended time; "a longitudinal study of twins"
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long-range suitable for or reaching long distances; "long-range nuclear capability"
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long-run,
long-term,
semipermanent relating to or extending over a relatively long time; "the long-run significance of the elections"; "the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war"; "a long-term investment"
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longstanding having existed for a long time; "a longstanding friendship"; "the longstanding conflict"
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monthlong last through a month; "a monthlong stay in the hospital"
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all-night,
nightlong,
overnight lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; "a nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight trip"
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perennial recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"
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time-consuming of a task that takes time and patience
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seven-day,
weeklong lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation"
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yearlong lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses"
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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" |
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short tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"
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length a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
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elongate,
elongated having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"
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lengthened,
elongated,
prolonged,
extended drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"
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extendable,
extendible capable of being lengthened
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far located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
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lank long and lean
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long-handled,
pole-handled having a long handle
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long-range suitable for or reaching long distances; "long-range nuclear capability"
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long-snouted having a snout that is longer than average
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long-staple having relatively long fibers; "long-staple cotton"
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long-wool,
long-wooled (of sheep) having relatively long wool
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oblong deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
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polysyllabic,
sesquipedalian (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms"
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stretch easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"
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long - (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long" |
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short tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"
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phonetics the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
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long - holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold" |
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short tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"
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finance the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
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long - of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows" |
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tall great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
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long - having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply" |
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abundant present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
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long - involving substantial risk; "long odds" |
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unsound of e.g. advice
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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" |
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long - for an extended distance |