S: (adj) long (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"
S: (adj) 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"
S: (adj) long (of relatively great height) "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
S: (adj) long (holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices) "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
S: (adj) long ((of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration) "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
S: (adj) long (involving substantial risk) "long odds"
S: (adj) long (having or being more than normal or necessary) "long on brains"; "in long supply"
Adverb
S: (adv) 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"