long
/lɔŋ/
लामो, दीर्घ, आकांक्षा
verb
1. hanker, yearn
desire strongly or persistently
adjective
1. 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"
2. 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"
3. long
of relatively great height
"a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson
"looked out the long French windows"
4. retentive, recollective, tenacious
good at remembering
"a retentive mind"
"tenacious memory"
5. long
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
"is long on coffee"
"a long position in gold"
6. long
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
"the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
7. long
involving substantial risk
"long odds"
8. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, longsighted
planning prudently for the future
"large goals that required farsighted policies"
"took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
9. long
having or being more than normal or necessary
"long on brains"
"in long supply"
adverb
1. 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"
2. long
for an extended distance
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