Large vs. Long

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Largeadjective

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

Largeadjective

(obsolete) Abundant; ample.

Largeadjective

(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

Largeadjective

(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.

Largeadjective

(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

Largeadjective

(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Largenoun

An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Largenoun

(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.

Largenoun

A thousand dollars/pounds.

Largenoun

A large serving of something.

Largeadverb

(nautical) Before the wind.

Largeadjective

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; - opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.

Largeadjective

Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

Largeadjective

Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

Largeadjective

Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; - said of the mind and heart.

Largeadjective

Free; unembarrassed.

Largeadjective

Unrestrained by decorum; - said of language.

Largeadjective

Prodigal in expending; lavish.

Largeadjective

Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; - said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Largeadverb

Freely; licentiously.

Largenoun

A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Largenoun

a garment size for a large person

Largeadjective

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

Largeadjective

fairly large or important in effect; influential;

Largeadjective

large enough to be visible to the naked eye

Largeadjective

ostentatiously lofty in style;

Largeadjective

generous and understanding and tolerant;

Largeadjective

conspicuous in position or importance;

Largeadjective

having broad power and range and scope;

Largeadjective

in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

Largeadverb

at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

Largeadverb

with the wind abaft the beam;

Largeadverb

in a boastful manner;

Largeadjective

of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity

Largeadjective

pursuing a commercial activity on a significant scale

Largeadjective

of wide range or scope

Largeverb

enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music

Largeadverb

another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb)

Longadjective

Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below.

Longadjective

Having great duration.

Longadjective

Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.

Longadjective

Not short; tall.

Longadjective

(finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.

Longadjective

(cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).

Longadjective

That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).

Longadjective

Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

Longadjective

(archaic) On account of, because of.

Longadverb

Over a great distance in space.

Longadverb

For a particular duration.

Longadverb

For a long duration.

Longnoun

(linguistics) A long vowel.

Longnoun

(programming) 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.

Longnoun

(finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.

Longnoun

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

Longnoun

longitude

Longverb

To take a long position in.

Longverb

(intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)

Longverb

(archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

Longadjective

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; - opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

Longadjective

Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.

Longadjective

Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.

Longadjective

Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

Longadjective

Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.

Longadjective

Far-reaching; extensive.

Longadjective

Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; - said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, 22, 30.

Longadjective

Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to short.

Longnoun

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

Longnoun

A long sound, syllable, or vowel.

Longnoun

The longest dimension; the greatest extent; - in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.

Longadverb

To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.

Longadverb

To a great extent in time; during a long time.

Longadverb

At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.

Longadverb

Through the whole extent or duration.

Longadverb

Through an extent of time, more or less; - only in question; as, how long will you be gone?

Longpreposition

By means of; by the fault of; because of.

Longverb

To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; - followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.

Longverb

To belong; - used with to, unto, or for.

Longnoun

a comparatively long time;

Longverb

desire strongly or persistently

Longadjective

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified;

Longadjective

primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified;

Longadjective

of relatively great height;

Longadjective

holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices;

Longadjective

of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')

Longadjective

used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration

Longadjective

involving substantial risk;

Longadjective

(of memory) having greater than average range;

Longadjective

planning prudently for the future;

Longadjective

having or being more than normal or necessary:

Longadverb

for an extended time or at a distant time;

Longadverb

for an extended distance

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