/lɒŋ/
Translation
Measuring a large amount from one end to the other, or lasting a great deal of time.
Word origin
From Old English lang, meaning long in space or time, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- lang
Examples
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"Long" shows the hair goes down a great distance.
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"Long" shows the film lasted a great deal of time.
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"Long" tells us the road went a great distance.
Used in
Stories
(28)The New House
2 min read · Core 1000
A Day at the Farm
3 min read · Core 1000
A Rainy Afternoon
3 min read · Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read · Core 1000
The Journey
3 min read · Core 1000
The Phone Call
3 min read · Core 1000
The Surprise Party
3 min read · Core 1000
Before the Doors Open
4 min read · Core 5000
One Sheep Short
4 min read · Core 5000
The Boat in the Garden
4 min read · Core 5000
The Broken Window
4 min read · Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
The Long Way Home
4 min read · Core 1000
The Passenger
4 min read · Core 5000
Two Gardens
4 min read · Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Night Route
5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Register
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(22)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present perfect tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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