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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Antonyms 1.2.1.4 Derived terms 1.2.1.5 Translations 1.2.2 Adverb 1.2.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.2.3 Antonyms 1.2.2.4 Translations 1.2.2.5 See also 1.2.3 Noun 1.2.4 Verb 1.2.4.1 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Usage notes 1.3.1.2 Synonyms 1.3.1.3 Derived terms 1.3.1.4 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 See also 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Antonyms 3.2.3 Derived terms 4 Irish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pinyin syllable 5.1.1 Usage notes 6 Old Irish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Descendants 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Tok Pisin 8.1 Preposition 9 Veps 9.1 Noun 10 Vietnamese 10.1 Etymology 1 10.1.1 Adjective 10.2 Etymology 2 10.2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɒŋ/, SAMPA: /lQN/
• (US) enPR: lông, läng, IPA: /lɔŋ/, /lɑŋ/, SAMPA: /lON/, /lAN/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɒŋ

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English lang (for adjective, nominal), lange (for adverb)

[edit] Adjective

long (comparative longer, superlative longest)

1. 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).

   It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.

2. Having great duration.

   The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.

3. (finance) possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or financial instruments with prices positively correlated with them.
4. (cricket) of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position)

[edit] Usage notes

• Wide is usually used instead of long when referring to a horizontal dimension (left to right).
• Tall or high are usually used insted of long when referring to positive vertical dimension (upwards), and deep when referring to negative vertical dimension (downwards).

[edit] Synonyms

• (having much distance from one point to another): deep (vertically downwards), extended, high (vertically upwards), lengthy, tall
• (having great duration): extended, lengthy, prolonged

[edit] Antonyms

• (having much distance from one point to another): low (vertically upwards), shallow (vertically upwards or downwards), short
• (having great duration): brief, short
• (finance): short

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[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

long (comparative longer, superlative longest)

1. Over a great distance in space.

   He threw the ball long.

2. For a particular duration.

   How long is it until the next bus arrives?

3. For a long duration.

   Will this interview take long?

[edit] Quotations

• 1594 — William Shakespeare, Hamlet i 3

  I stay too long: but here my father comes.

[edit] Synonyms

• (over a great distance): a long way, far
• (for a long duration): a long time

[edit] Antonyms

• (over a great distance): a short distance, a short way
• (for a long duration): an instant, a minute, a moment, a second, a short time, not long

[edit] Translations

• Korean: 길이 (girI), 오래 (orae)
• Spanish: mucho es(es), harto es(es)

[edit] See also

• far
• wide
• broad

[edit] Noun

long (plural longs)

1. (linguistics) A long vowel.
2. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int and half of a long long. A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
3. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.

   Every uptick made the longs cheer.

[edit] Verb

to long (third-person singular simple present longs, present participle longing, simple past and past participle longed)

1. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
   • 2004, Thomas S. Y. Ho, Sang Bin Lee, Sang-bin Yi, The Oxford Guide to Financial Modeling, page 84:

     The left panel shows the profile of a portfolio consisting of longing a call and shorting a put.

[edit] See also

• broad
• wide

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English langian

[edit] Verb

to long (third-person singular simple present longs, present participle longing, simple past and past participle longed)

1. (intransitive) To await, to aspire, to desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)

   She longed for him to come back.

[edit] Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[edit] Synonyms

• (desire greatly): ache, yearn

[edit] Derived terms

• longing

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

long c. (plural longen, diminutive longetje, diminutive plural longetjes)

1. (anatomy) lung

[edit] See also

• kieuw f.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔ̃/, SAMPA: /lO~/

   Audio (France, Paris)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophones: longs

[edit] Adjective

long m. (f. longue, m. plural longs, f. plural longues)

1. long

[edit] Synonyms

grand, haut, large, épais, profond

[edit] Antonyms

court, bas, étroit, mince

[edit] Derived terms

• le long de
• longuement

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish long.

[edit] Noun

long f.

1. ship

[edit] Declension

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative long longa Vocative a long a longa Genitive loinge long Dative long longa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an long na longa Genitive na loinge na long Dative leis an long don long leis na longa

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

long

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, lōng, lóng, lǒng, or lòng.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /loŋɡ/

[edit] Noun

long

1. boat
2. ship

[edit] Descendants

• Irish: long
• Manx: lhong
• Scottish Gaelic: long

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish long.

[edit] Noun

long f. (genitive luinge, plural longan)

1. A ship

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[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Preposition

long

1. to, toward, into
2. in, at, near

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[edit] Veps

[edit] Noun

long

1. lunch

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Adjective

long

1. loose

   • răng long — loose tooth

[edit] Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese 龍

[edit] Noun

long

1. dragon