Meaning
6 sensesA long vowel.
A long syllable.
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
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.
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.
A long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.
Examples
16508 sentencesI'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
It happened a long time ago.
Це трапилося дуже давно. — deniko
ruЭто произошло давным-давно. — Hellerick
deEs ist vor langer Zeit passiert. — MUIRIEL
How long will you stay here?
Як довго ти тут будеш? — deniko
ruКак долго ты будешь здесь? — afyodor
deWie lange werdet ihr hierbleiben? — MUIRIEL
How long does a bear sleep?
Як довго спить ведмідь? — deniko
ruСколько времени спит медведь? — soweli_Elepanto
deWie lange schläft ein Bär? — Esperantostern
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”), fromFrom 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: longsSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Since and for with the present perfect — Because the lesson uses it
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