Long vs. Length

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

Lengthnoun

The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

Lengthnoun

duration

Lengthnoun

(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

Lengthnoun

(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.

Lengthnoun

(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.

Lengthnoun

(figuratively) Total extent.

Lengthnoun

Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

Lengthverb

(obsolete) To lengthen.

Lengthnoun

The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.

Lengthnoun

A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; - often in the plural.

Lengthnoun

The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.

Lengthnoun

A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.

Lengthnoun

Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.

Lengthnoun

Distance.

Lengthverb

To lengthen.

Lengthnoun

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place;

Lengthnoun

continuance in time;

Lengthnoun

the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end;

Lengthnoun

size of the gap between two places;

Lengthnoun

a section of something that is long and narrow;

Lengthnoun

the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object

Lengthnoun

the quality of being long

Lengthnoun

the length of a swimming pool as a measure of the distance swum

Lengthnoun

the length of a horse, boat, etc., as a measure of the lead in a race

Lengthnoun

the extent of a garment in a vertical direction when worn

Lengthnoun

the full distance that a thing extends for

Lengthnoun

the full extent of one's body

Lengthnoun

the metrical quantity or duration of a vowel or syllable

Lengthnoun

the amount of time occupied by something

Lengthnoun

a piece or stretch of something

Lengthnoun

an extreme to which a course of action is taken

Lengthnoun

the distance from the batsman at which a well-bowled ball pitches

Lengthnoun

(in bridge or whist) the number of cards of a suit held in one's hand, especially when five or more

Length

Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance.