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noun
- (linguistics) A long vowel.
verb
- (intransitive) To await, to aspire, to want (for something to occur)
- She longed for him to come back.
Translations: - Dutch: verlangen
- French: aspirer, aspirer í
- German: (sich) sehnen
- Italian: bramare(it)
- Korean: ��� (barada), 기�리� (gidarida), ���� (galmang-hada)
- Spanish: es(es, desear}}, {{t-)anhelar
adjective
- Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point. Long usually applies to horizontal dimensions. (italbrac, see Usage Notes)
- It's a way from the Earth to the Moon.
- Of things that take much time or are of great duration.
- The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a time.
- (finance) possessing or owning stocks, bonds or other financial instruments.
- (cricket) of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position)
Translations: - Dutch: nl(nl, lang}}, t-)lange
- French: longue(fr, long, m, t+, fr)f
- German: lang (1)
- Italian: lungo (1), lunga (1)
- Japanese: �� (���, nagai)
- Spanish: larga(es, largo, m, {{t-, es)f
adverb
- Over a great distance in space.
- He threw the ball .
- For a duration in time.
- Will this interview take ?
Translations: - Spanish: es(es, mucho}}, {{t-)harto
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