Long Definition
(archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
Abbreviation of along.
- For more time:
can't wait any longer.
- Soon.
- At a time or during a period well before the present:
I read that book long ago.
- A time well before the present:
heroes of long ago.
- Growing old.
- Not now as formerly:
He no longer smokes.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Long
- any longer
- before long
- long ago
- long in the tooth
- no longer
- not long for
- the long and the short of it
- as long as
- before long
- long live (someone)!
- no longer
- the long and the short of
Origin of Long
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From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, lasting"), from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long"), from Proto-Indo-European *dlÌ¥h₁gʰós (“long"). Cognate with Scots lang (“long"), North Frisian long, lung (“long"), Saterland Frisian loang (“long"), West Frisian lang (“long"), Dutch lang (“long"), German lang (“long"), Swedish lÃ¥ng (“long"), Icelandic langur (“long"), Latin longus (“long"), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhos), Russian долгий (dólgij), длинный (dlinnyj).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to long for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, lengthen, grow longer, summon, belong"), from Proto-Germanic *langōnÄ… (“to desire, long for"), from Proto-Indo-European *dlÌ¥h₁gʰós (“long"). Cognate with German langen (“to reach, be sufficient"), Swedish langa (“to push, pass by hand"), Icelandic langa (“to want, desire"), Dutch and German verlangen (“to desire, want, long for").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English longen from Old English langian del-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Aphetic form of Old English gelang; the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English lang del-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From long
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