long /lɒŋ/

Meaning

English definition

• (adj.) primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
• (adj.) primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
• (adj.) of relatively great height

Chinese translation

• a. 长的, 长久的, 冗长的, 做多头的
• vi. 渴望, 热望, 极想
• adv. 长久, 始终

Word details

Part of speech

adjective / adverb

Pronunciation

/lɒŋ/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · TOEFL

Frequency

Zipf 5.81 · Common

Word forms

longed, longing, longs, longer, longest

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longing · longevity · longitude

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