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Long



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1 English
2 Dutch
3 French
4 Tok Pisin

English

Adjective

long (longer, longest)

  1. The state of having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point. Long usually applies to horizontal dimensions.
    • Long in horizontal dimension is usually said wide.
    • Long in the positive vertical dimension is usually said tall. Negative vertical dimension is referred to as deep.
  2. In finance -- possessing or owning stocks, bonds or other financial instruments.

Synonyms

tall, high, wide, broad, deep

Antonyms

short, low, narrow, slim, shallow

Translations

Verb

to long

  1. to await, to aspire, to want (for something to occur)
    She longed for him to come back

Translations

  • Dutch: verlangen
  • German: verlangen, ersehnen
  • Polish: pragnąć, tęsknić, wzdychać do
  • Portuguese: ansiar por, suspirar por
  • Romanian: a tânji


Dutch

Noun

long (plural: longen, diminutive: longetje, plural diminutive: longetjes)

  1. organ that extracts oxygen from the air

Translations


French

Adjective

long m (longue f, longs m, pl, longues f, pl

  1. The state of having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point. Long usually applies to horizontal dimensions.

Synonyms

grand, haut, large, épais, profond

Antonyms

court, bas, étroit, mince

Translations

  • English: long


Tok Pisin

Preposition

long

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



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