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  Long \Long\, a. [Compar. Longer; superl. Longest.] [AS.
     long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr,
     Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125.
     Cf. Length, Ling a fish, Linger, Lunge, Purloin.]
     1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length;
        protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to
        short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
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     2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
        considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
        of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
        long book.
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     3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
        lingering; as, long hours of watching.
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     4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
        time; far away.
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              The we may us reserve both fresh and strong
              Against the tournament, which is not long.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     5. Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified
        length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that
        is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
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     6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.'' --Burke.
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     7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
        utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short,
        a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.
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     8. (Finance & Com.) Having a supply of stocks or goods;
        prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in
        prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or
        go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the
        market, to hold products or securities for a rise in
        price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to
        short.
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     Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
           adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
           long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
           long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
           etc.
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     In the long run, in the whole course of things taken
        together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
  
     Long+clam+(Zo["o]l.),+the+common+clam+({Mya+arenaria" rel="nofollow">Long clam (Zo["o]l.), the common clam ({Mya arenaria) of
        the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
        soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya.
  
     Long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.
  
     Long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
        below the feet.
  
     Long division. (Math.) See Division.
  
     Long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen.
  
     Long home, the grave.
  
     Long measure, Long meter. See under Measure, Meter.
        
  
     Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which
        assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,
        April 20, 1653.
  
     Long price, the full retail price.
  
     Long purple (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed
        to be the Orchis mascula. --Dr. Prior.
  
     Long suit
        (a) (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally more
            than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.
        (b) One's most important resource or source of strength;
            as, as an entertainer, her voice was her long suit.
  
     Long tom.
        (a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
            a vessel.
        (b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western
            U.S.]
        (c) (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.
  
     Long wall (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam
        is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
        progresses, except where passages are needed.
  
     Of long, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
  
     To be long of the market, or To go long of the market,
     To be on the long side of the market, etc. (Stock
        Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a
        contract under which one can demand stock on or before a
        certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to short
        in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short,
        etc. [Cant] See Short.
  
     To have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
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  Long \Long\, a. [Compar. Longer; superl. Longest.] [AS.
     long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr,
     Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125.
     Cf. Length, Ling a fish, Linger, Lunge, Purloin.]
     1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length;
        protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to
        short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

  longest
       adj : having the greater length of two or the greatest length of
             several; "the longer (or long) edge of the door"; "the
             hypotenuse is the longest (or long) side of a right
             triangle" [syn: longer]
       adv : for the most time; "she stayed longest"

  longest
     Αγγλικά a.
     (υπερθ long en)
     Αγγλικά adv.
     (υπερθ long en επίρ=1)

  longest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: long)
     adv.
     (en-superlative of: long)
     vb.
     (infl of en long  st-form)

  Longest
     n.
     (surname: en).

  longest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: long)
     adv.
     (en-superlative of: long)
     vb.
     (infl of en long  st-form)

  Longest
     n.
     (surname: en).

  longest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: long)
     adv.
     (en-superlative of: long)
     vb.
     (infl of en long  st-form)

  Longest
     n.
     (surname: en).

  longest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: long)
     adv.
     (en-superlative of: long)
     vb.
     (infl of en long  st-form)

  Longest
     n.
     (surname: en).

  longest
     Englanti a.
     (en-a-taivm l ong est)
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm l ong est)

  longest
     Engelska a.
     (böjning en adj long)

  Longest /lˈɒŋɡɪst/
  أطول

  longest /lˈɒŋɡɪst/
  nejdéle

  longest /lˈɒŋɡɪst/ 
  nejdelší

  longest /lˈɒŋɡɪst/ 
  hwyaf 

  longest /lˈɒŋɡɪst/ 
  hiraf 

  longest /lˈɒŋɡɪst/
  am längsten, am weitesten
   see: long, longer, incredibly long
  

  longest /lˈɒŋɡɪst/
  1. leghosszabban
  2. leghosszabb
  3. legtávolabbra

  longest /'lɔŋgıst/
  ilgiausias, ilgiausiai

  longest /lˈɒŋɡɪst/
  o mais longo, o mais comprido

  
/ˈɫɔŋɡəst/, /ˈɫɔŋɡɪst/

  a. 长的;

     最长的