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long for

verb

  1. to yearn, to desire something one does not have
  2. to miss someone or something
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Wiktionary

adj

  1. likely to remain for a long time

    I asked the doctor if I was long for this world

    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.

verb

  1. To have a desire for (a thing or an event).

    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. To miss (someone).

    “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.”

    For some time he had not heard from his consort[…]His heart longed for her and his child.

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