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long adverb.
[Old English lange, longe = Old Frisian lang(e), long(e), Old Saxon, Old High German lango (Dutch lang, German lange), from Germanic base of LONG adjective1.]
For or during a long time; in compar. & superl. or preceded by adverbs of comparison (as, how, so, thus, too, etc.), for or during the specified or implied length of time. OE.
J. Buchan 'Have you known her long?' I asked...'Since she was a child.' J. Mitchell A series of..kindly housekeepers (none of whom stayed very long). D. Prater He..would long remember their talk. N. Gordimer I don't know how much longer I'll..keep on that job.
pred. after be (passing into adjective & noun). (Occupied or delayed for) a long time. Foll. by doing, in (of, a) doing, (colloq.) absol. ME.
Sir W. Scott They were not long of discovering the tete-du-pont. G. B. Shaw I shan't be long (He goes out).
At, from, or to a distant point of time (usu. followed by after, before, (arch.) ere, since (adverbs, conjunctions, or prepositions)); in compar. (chiefly preceded by adverbs of degree, as any, no, much, a little, etc.), after the specified or implied point of time. ME.
Scott Fitzgerald I'll have a new score on Broadway long before you've finished. G. Orwell He had long grown used to sleeping..on his face. G. Vidal The roof of the temple had long since fallen in. S. Cooper By the time he..found what he was looking for, his shirt was long dry.
Subjoined to noun phrs expressing duration: throughout the length of (the period specified or implied). ME.
B. Jowett He was..working all his life long. E. O'Neill Unable to bear the thick silence a minute longer.
At or to a great or a specified distance in space; far. Now chiefly Sport, of a ball etc. ME.
W. Morris The fisher sits..with a rod that reaches long.
Phrases: all day long, all the day long: see DAY noun. all night long, all the night long: see NIGHT noun. as long as, so long as, (colloq.) long as during the whole time that; provided that, if only. long live: see LIVE verb. no longer not now as formerly. not be long for this world have only a short time to live. so long colloq. goodbye, au revoir. so long as: see as long as above.
Comb. (not always clearly distinguishable from combs. of LONG adjective1): long-acting adjective (Pharmacology) having effects that last a long time; long-ago adjective & noun (belonging to) the distant past; long-continued adjective continued or that has continued for a long period or space; long-drawn adjective (a) prolonged to a great or inordinate length (also long-drawn-out); (b) (chiefly poet.) having great longitudinal extension; long-fed adjective (of cattle) fed a special diet to complete fattening for a long period before slaughter; long-keeping adjective able to be kept for a long time; long-lasting adjective that lasts for a long time; long-living adjective that lives for a long time; long-play adjective = long-playing below; long-player a long-playing record; long-playing adjective that plays for a long time; spec. designating or pertaining to a microgroove gramophone record designed to be played at 33 1 / 3 revolutions per minute and lasting for about 10 to 30 minutes on each side; abbreviation LP; long-running adjective continuing for a relatively long period of time; spec. (of a play) having a large number of consecutive performances.