Meaning of long
Definition of long
(adj)
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
involving substantial risk; "long odds"
planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"