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(noun) a person with a strong desire for something. Synonyms: thirster, yearner. Examples: "A longer for money." "A thirster after blood." "A yearner for knowledge."
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(adj) primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified. Synonyms: long (vs. short). Examples: "A long life." "A long boring speech." "A long time." "A long friendship." "A long game." "Long ago." "An hour long."
Adjective Definition 1
(adj) primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified. Synonyms: long (vs. short). Examples: "A long road." "A long distance." "Contained many long words." "Ten miles long."
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(adj) of relatively great height. Synonyms: long. Examples: "A race of long gaunt men"- sherwood anderson." "Looked out the long french windows."
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(adj) good at remembering. Synonyms: retentive (vs. unretentive), recollective, long, tenacious. Examples: "A retentive mind." "Tenacious memory."
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(adj) holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices. Synonyms: long (vs. short). Examples: "Is long on coffee." "A long position in gold."
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(adj) (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration. Synonyms: long (vs. short). Example: "The english vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long."
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(adj) planning prudently for the future. Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted. Examples: "Large goals that required farsighted policies." "Took a long view of the geopolitical issues."
Adjective Definition 8
(adj) having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains". Synonyms: long. Example: "In long supply."
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