long for

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Adjective

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long for (not comparable)

  1. likely to remain for a long time
    I asked the doctor if I was long for this world
    (likely to live a long time)
    • 2009, Karen Hawkins, Talk of the Town, page 126:
      But it doesn't matter, because Roxie's not long for this town. As soon as her mother's better, she'll be on her way to Paris.

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Used in the negative, questions or statements of doubt.

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

  1. (transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
    Synonyms: yearn for, crave for, hanker for
    He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.
    Oh how I long for this pandemic to end so we can go dancing again.
  2. (transitive) To miss (someone).
    • 1888, Tighe Hopkins, For Freedom, volume 2, page 104:
      “I will stay now, if you bid me,” she replied, as low. “See, I am going to my mother, who longs for me as I for her. I will not go unless you let me.”
    • 1982, Luise Mühlbach, chapter LIV, in F. Jordan, transl., Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel, page 297:
      For some time he had not heard from his consort [] His heart longed for her and his child.
    • 2011, Edith Sitwell, Fanfare for Elizabeth:
      He remembered those long years before his marriage, when he had longed for her and she had resisted him []
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