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      long
      noun
      (linguistics) A long vowel.
      (prosody) A long syllable.
      (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
      (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
      (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset; for example, a trader or investor possessing an amount of a company's shares.
      (finance) A long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.
      A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a tall man.
      (countable) A surname from Chinese.
      An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington, United States.
      A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
      A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
      Abbreviation of longitude. [(geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.]
      (Oxbridge, dated) Clipping of long vacation (“summer vacation”). [(Oxbridge) The university break between the end of one academic year in June and the start of the next in October.]
      verb
      (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
      (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
      (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
      (obsolete) To belong.
      adjective
      Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
      Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below).
      Travelling a great distance.
      (informal) Having a long penis.
      Travelling or extending too great a distance in space.
      (of weapons fire, landing aircraft, etc.) Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location.
      (sports, of a ball or shot) Going beyond the intended target.
      Having great duration.
      Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring, tedious, tiring, irksome, etc.
      (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
      (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
      (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
      Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
      (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang, of money) In great supply; abundant.
      (slang, MLE, by extension) stupid; annoying; bullshit
      (slang, MLE, by extension) serious; deadly.
      (Canada, US, of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 13 in.
      (Philippines, of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in.
      (slang, MLE) Clipping of taking a long time.
      (UK, Ireland, dated) Not short; tall.
      (archaic) On account of, because of.
      adverb
      (chiefly sports) Over a great distance in space.
      Over too great a distance, beyond the target.
      For a particular duration (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it).
      (placed before a verb, participle, adjective, preposition, or adverb) For a long time.
      A long time (see usage notes).
      (placed by itself after a positive verb, rare) For a long time.
      Synonyms for long
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