long#2 (a)

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type a
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def primarily temporal sense
def being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
examples a long life
a long boring speech
a long time
a long friendship
a long game
long ago
an hour long
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Attribute duration, length
Derivationally related form long → longness
Antonym long → short
Similar to agelong; bimestrial; chronic, continuing; daylong; drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted; durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived; eight-day; endless, eternal, interminable; hourlong; lifelong, womb-to-tomb; long-acting; long-dated; longish; long-life; longitudinal; long-range; long-run, long-term, semipermanent; longstanding; monthlong; nightlong, all-night, overnight; perennial; time-consuming; weeklong, seven-day; yearlong
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Similar to agelong; bimestrial; chronic, continuing; daylong; drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted; durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived; eight-day; endless, eternal, interminable; hourlong; lifelong, womb-to-tomb; long-acting; long-dated; longish; long-life; longitudinal; long-range; long-run, long-term, semipermanent; longstanding; monthlong; nightlong, all-night, overnight; perennial; time-consuming; weeklong, seven-day; yearlong
Antonym short → long
Derived from adjective longer → long; longest → long
Attribute duration, length
Derivationally related form longness → long

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