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How to pronounce long
Say it like this: /lɑŋ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does long mean?
adjHaving much distance in space from one end to the other.
“I need a long piece of wood.”
Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below).
“This table is long but not very high.”
Travelling a great distance.
“Smith hoofs a long ball up to Jones.”
nounA long vowel.
“In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts.”
A long syllable.
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
verbTo take a long position in.
“The left panel shows the profile of a portfolio consisting of longing a call and shorting a put.”
advOver a great distance in space.
“Every golfer wants to hit the ball long and straight.”
Over too great a distance, beyond the target.
“She hit her return long and lost the point.”
For a particular duration (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it).
“He slept all day long.”
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