English > long: 12 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified. |
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| Examples | - "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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| Attribute of | duration, length | continuance in time |
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| Narrower | agelong | lasting / lasting through all time |
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| bimestrial | Two months long |
| chronic, continuing | Of long duration |
| daylong | lasting through an entire day |
| drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted | relatively long in duration / duration |
| durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived | Existing for a long time |
| eight-day | lasting for eight days |
| endless, eternal, interminable | tiresomely long |
| hourlong | lasting for an hour |
| lifelong, womb-to-tomb | Continuing through life |
| long-acting | active over a long period of time |
| long-dated | Of a gilt-edged security |
| long-life | (of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual / usual |
| long-range | Involving an extended span of time |
| long-run, long-term, semipermanent | relating to or extending over a relatively long time |
| longish | Somewhat long |
| longitudinal | Over an extended time |
| longstanding, long-standing | Having existed for a long time |
| monthlong | last through a month |
| nightlong, all-night, overnight | lasting, open, or operating through the whole night |
| perennial | lasting / lasting an indefinitely long time |
| time-consuming | Of a task that takes time and patience |
| weeklong, seven-day | lasting through a week |
| yearlong | lasting through a year |
| Opposite | short | primarily temporal sense |
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| Spanish | extenso, largo |
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| Catalan | extens, llarg, llong |
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| Nouns | longness | duration as an extension |
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| Adverbs | longer | for more time |
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| longest | for the most time |
English > long: 12 senses > adjective 2| Meaning | primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified. |
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| Examples | - "a long road"
- "a long distance"
- "contained many long words"
- "ten miles long"
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| Attribute of | length | The linear extent in space from one end to the other |
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| Narrower | elongate, elongated | Having notably more length than width |
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| elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged | Drawn out or made longer spatially |
| extendible, extendable | capable of being lengthened |
| far | Of a considerable distance or length |
| lank | long and thin and often limp |
| long-handled, pole-handled | Having a long handle |
| long-range | Suitable for or reaching long distances |
| long-snouted | Having a snout / snout that is longer than average |
| long-staple | Having relatively long fibers |
| long-wool, long-wooled | (of sheep) having relatively long wool |
| oblong | deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction |
| polysyllabic, sesquipedalian | (of words) long / long and ponderous |
| stretch | Having an elongated seating area |
| Opposite | short | (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length |
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| Spanish | extenso, largo |
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| Catalan | extens, llarg |
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| Nouns | longness | the property of being of long spatial extent |
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