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'

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'

good at remembering; a retentive mind; tenacious memory

[ Syn: retentive , recollective , tenacious ]

holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; is long on coffee; a long position in gold'

(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long'

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'

for an extended distance

of relatively great height; a race of long gaunt men- Sherwood Anderson; looked out the long French windows'

involving substantial risk; long odds'

planning prudently for the future; large goals that required farsighted policies; took a long view of the geopolitical issues

[ Syn: farseeing , farsighted , foresighted , foresightful , prospicient , longsighted ]

having or being more than normal or necessary:long on brains; in long supply'

desire strongly or persistently

[ Syn: hanker , yearn ]