Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: long
IPA transcription: [l'ɔŋ]
Pronunciations of long
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: long
    Meaning: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
  • Synonyms: long
    Meaning: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
  • Synonyms: long
    Meaning: of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: long
    Meaning: for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hanker, long, yearn
    Meaning: desire strongly or persistently
Usage examples
  • "How long?
  • "How long!
  • "How long?"
  • 'How long?'
  • "For long?"
  • A long pause.
  • "Yes, long ago.
  • But not for long.
  • "A long time--yes."
  • Long they sat thus.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Battle of Wake Island, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Billboard, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the Grand Canyon area, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording ToeJam & Earl, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Robert Garran, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Aggie Bonfire, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hong Kong action cinema, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Humpback whale, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Northern pintail, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George H. W. Bush, License CC BY-SA 4.0