Meaning

6 senses
  1. A long vowel.

  2. A long syllable.

  3. A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

  4. 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.

  5. An entity with a long position in an asset; for example, a trader or investor possessing an amount of a company's shares.

    Every uptick made the longs cheer.

  6. A long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.

Examples

16508 sentences
  1. I'm sorry, I can't stay long.

    Вибачте, я не можу залишитися надовго. — ChickenKiev

    ruИзвините, я не могу остаться надолго. — Lenin_1917

    deEs tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — MUIRIEL

  2. It happened a long time ago.

    Це трапилося дуже давно. — deniko

    ruЭто произошло давным-давно. — Hellerick

    deEs ist vor langer Zeit passiert. — MUIRIEL

  3. How long will you stay here?

    Як довго ти тут будеш? — deniko

    ruКак долго ты будешь здесь? — afyodor

    deWie lange werdet ihr hierbleiben? — MUIRIEL

  4. How long does a bear sleep?

    Як довго спить ведмідь? — deniko

    ruСколько времени спит медведь? — soweli_Elepanto

    deWie lange schläft ein Bär? — Esperantostern

  5. I don't believe him any longer.

    Я більше не вірю йому. — mkazarian

    ruЯ больше ему не верю. — afyodor

Origin

From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from

From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”).

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Forms

plural: longs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a long time
  • long time
  • as long as
  • for a long
  • how long do
  • how long have
  • no longer
  • a little longer
  • any longer
  • how long will
  • in a long
  • long time ago

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
long — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto