Long vs. Lengthy
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
Lengthyadjective
Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.
Lengthyadjective
Speaking or writing at length; long-winded.
Lengthyadjective
Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; - said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like.
Lengthyadjective
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted;
