long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. yearn suggests an eager, …

LONG definition: 1. continuing for a large amount of time: 2. being a distance between two points that is more than…. Learn more.

adjective longer, longest having considerable linear extent in space. a long distance; a long handle.

1. A long time: This won't take long. 2. Linguistics A long syllable, vowel, or consonant. 3. One who acquires holdings in a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in price.

Long is used in expressions such as all year long, the whole day long, and your whole life long to say and emphasize that something happens for the whole of a particular period of time.

having considerable duration in time: a long conversation; a long while. extending, lasting, or totaling a number of specified units: eight miles long; eight hours long.

At or to a considerable distance; far. She walked long past the end of the trail.

4 days ago · 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 …

Long division and long multiplication are typically used to simplify calculations when at least one of the numbers being divided or multiplied has more than one digit.

"having a great linear extent, that extends considerably from end to end; tall; lasting,"… See origin and meaning of long.