Long (Adjective)
Meaning 2
Of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows".
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Examples
- The long dark hallways of the old mansion seemed to stretch on forever.
- She gazed out at the rolling hills and fields through the long windows of her bedroom.
- The tourists admired the long stone walls that surrounded the ancient castle.
- The ballerina's long neck and slender limbs seemed to be made for the elegant movements.
- The hotel lobby featured a long winding staircase that curved upward to the second floor.
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Meaning 3
Good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory".
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Meaning 4
(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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Meaning 5
Having or being more than normal or necessary; "long on brains"; "in long supply".
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Meaning 6
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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Meaning 7
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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Meaning 8
Planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues".
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Meaning 9
Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold".
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