long
About 381.99 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
I need a long piece of wood.
- adjective Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below).
This table is long but not very high.
- adjective Travelling a great distance.
Smith hoofs a long ball up to Jones.
- adjective Having a long penis.
My ex was very strong but not very long.
- adjective Travelling or extending too great a distance in space. Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location.
The plane touched down long and overran the end of the runway.
- adjective Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location.
The plane touched down long and overran the end of the runway.
- adjective Going beyond the intended target.
That forehand was long. It landed two feet beyond the baseline.
- adjective Having great duration.
His speech was long and dull.
Similar words
longitudinal oblong yearlong daylong overnight nightlong polysyllabic bimestrial extendable extendible
Often followed by
as time and before ago been enough run after
Word family
Crawford Long Crawford Williamson Long Huey Long Huey Pierce Long Long Stephen Harriman Long before long for long longed longer
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