Oct 2, 2012 · long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain.

I've been waiting a long time. It's a long time since I worked there. Apparently the sessions are an hour long.

You use long to ask or talk about amounts of time. How long have you lived around here? He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember. Long is also an adjective.

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1. A long time: This won't take long. 2. Linguistics A long syllable, vowel, or consonant. 3. One who acquires holdings in a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in price.

2 days ago · long (comparative longer or more long, superlative longest or most long) Having much distance in space from one end to the other. quotations

having considerable duration in time: a long conversation; a long while. extending, lasting, or totaling a number of specified units: eight miles long; eight hours long.

Long definition: having considerable linear extent in space.. See examples of LONG used in a sentence.

At or to a considerable distance; far. She walked long past the end of the trail.

Some common synonyms of long are hanker, hunger, pine, thirst, and yearn. While all these words mean "to have a strong desire for something," long implies a wishing with one's whole …