long, adj.
freq. cnt. 225
freq. cnt. 225
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 118 freq. cnt.: 118
long
sample sentences
"a long life""a long boring speech"
"a long time"
"a long friendship"
"a long game"
"long ago"
"an hour long"
semantic pointers
attribute
similar to
agelong
bimestrial
chronic, continuing
daylong
lengthy, prolonged, extended, drawn-out, protracted
durable, lasting, long-lived, long-lasting
eight-day
endless, interminable, eternal
hourlong
lifelong, womb-to-tomb
long-acting
long-dated
longish
long-life
longitudinal
long-range
long-term, long-run, semipermanent
longstanding, long-standing
monthlong
overnight, nightlong, all-night
perennial
time-consuming
weeklong, seven-day
yearlong
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 105 freq. cnt.: 105
long
sample sentences
"a long road""a long distance"
"contained many long words"
"ten miles long"
of relatively great height
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
long
sample sentences
"a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson"looked out the long French windows"
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derivationally related form
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similar to
having or being more than normal or necessary
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long
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
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long
sample sentences
"the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
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domain of synset (topic)
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
<adj.all>
long
sample sentences
"is long on coffee""a long position in gold"
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domain of synset (topic)
planning prudently for the future
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farseeing farsighted foresighted foresightful long longsighted prospicient
sample sentences
"large goals that required farsighted policies""took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
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similar to
good at remembering
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
long recollective retentive tenacious
sample sentences
"a retentive mind""tenacious memory"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
antonym
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also see
involving substantial risk
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long