long
verb
- to yearn, desire, have strong wish
adverb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L333652 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- great in physical length
- lasting for a greater period of time
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /lɒŋ/ / /lɔːŋ/ / /lʊŋɡ/ / /ˈlɒŋ/ / /ˈlʊŋ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English long, lang, an aphetic form of Middle English ilong, ylong, from Old English ġelong, ġelang (“along, belonging, depending, consequent”); the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong.
- On account of, because of.
“I am of opinion, that in regarde of theſe debauches and lewde actions, fathers may, in ſome ſort, be blamed, and that it is onely long of them.”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English longe, lange, from Old English longe, lange, from the adjective (see above).
- Over a great distance in space.
“Every golfer wants to hit the ball long and straight.”
- Over a great distance in space.
“She hit her return long and lost the point.”
- For a particular duration (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it).
“How long is it until the next bus arrives?”
“She has known us as long as you.”
- For a long time.
“Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.”
“By eight o’clock, the food will be long gone.”
- For a long time.
“It’s an earth song,— And I’ve been waiting long for an earth song. It’s a spring song,— And I’ve been waiting long for a spring song.[…] I have been waiting long for this spring song.”
- A long time (see usage notes).
“Will this interview take long?”
“I haven’t got long to live.”
name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 隴／陇 (Lǒng).
- A surname from Chinese.
- A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
““Long” is an ancient name for the area around what is now Long County in Shaanxi Province. The land south of Long is the Sichuan Basin.”
“Each animal is cast with a hollow, open body that fits over the yoke of a cart (cat. nos. 31, 3c, 37), as do similarly designed animal figures excavated from a Qin tomb at Bianjiazhuang, Long county, southwestern Shaanxi Province.”
noun
Etymology: Shortening of longitude.
- Abbreviation of longitude.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to belong, pertain”), from Old English *lang, which is of uncertain origin yet related to Old English ġelang (“dependent, attainable, present, belonging, consequent”), Old Saxon gilang (“ready, available”).
- To belong.
“Now ſend Ambaſſage to thy neighbor Kinges, And let them know the Perſian King is chang’d: From one that knew not what a King ſhould doe, To one that can commaund what longs there to: […]”