| long | |
| 1. adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below). | |
| It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon. | |
| 2. adj. Having great duration. | |
| The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time. | |
| 3. adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring. | |
| 4. adj. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall. | |
| 5. adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value. | |
| I'm long in DuPont; I have a long position in DuPont. | |
| 6. adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position). | |
| 7. adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out). | |
| No! That forehand is longnb.... | |
| 8. adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away. | |
| 9. adv. Over a great distance in space. | |
| He threw the ball long. | |
| 10. adv. For a particular duration. | |
| How long is it until the next bus arrives? | |
| 11. adv. For a long duration. | |
| Will this interview take long? | |
| Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world. | |
| 12. n. (linguistics) A long vowel. | |
| 13. n. (programming) 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. | |
| A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment. | |
| 14. n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset. | |
| Every uptick made the longs cheer. | |
| 15. n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) | |
| She longed for him to come back. | |
| 18. adj. (archaic) On account of, because of. | |
| 19. v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. | |
| 20. n. longitude | |
