Long vs. Wide
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
Wideadjective
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
Wideadjective
Large in scope.
Wideadjective
(sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
Wideadjective
On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Wideadjective
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
Wideadjective
Vast, great in extent, extensive.
Wideadjective
Remote; distant; far.
Wideadjective
(obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
Wideadjective
(computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
Wideadverb
extensively
Wideadverb
completely
Wideadverb
away from a given goal
Wideadverb
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
Widenoun
(cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
Wideadjective
Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
Wideadjective
Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.
Wideadjective
Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.
Wideadjective
Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.
Wideadjective
Remote; distant; far.
Wideadjective
Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
Wideadjective
On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Wideadjective
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; - opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of ē (ēve) is ĭ (ĭll); of ā (āte) is ĕ (ĕnd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13-15.
Wideadjective
Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points.
Wideadverb
To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
Wideadverb
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
Wideadverb
So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
Widenoun
That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
Widenoun
That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
Wideadjective
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;
Wideadjective
broad in scope or content;
Wideadjective
(used of eyes) fully open or extended;
Wideadjective
very large in expanse or scope;
Wideadjective
great in degree;
Wideadjective
great in range or scope;
Wideadjective
having ample fabric;
Wideadjective
not on target;
Wideadverb
with or by a broad space;
Wideadverb
to the fullest extent possible;
Wideadverb
far from the intended target;
Wideadverb
to or over a great extent or range; far;
Wideadjective
of great or more than average width
Wideadjective
(after a measurement and in questions) from side to side
Wideadjective
open to the full extent
Wideadjective
considerable
Wideadjective
including a great variety of people or things
Wideadjective
spread among a large number of people or over a large area
Wideadjective
considering or dealing with the more general aspects of a situation, issue, etc.
Wideadjective
extending over the whole of
Wideadjective
at a considerable or specified distance from an intended point or target
Wideadjective
(especially in soccer) at or near the side of the field
Wideadverb
to the full extent
Wideadverb
far from a particular or intended point or target
Wideadverb
(especially in football) at or near the side of the field
Widenoun
a ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.
