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(lengthy) Having much distance in space from one end to the other.

Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (''see also Usage Notes below'').

Travelling a great distance.

(informal) Having a long penis.

Travelling or extending too great a distance in space.

( of weapons fire, landing aircraft, etc.) Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location.

(of a ball or shot) Going beyond the intended target.

Having great duration.

Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring, tedious, tiring, irksome, etc.

(dated) Not short; tall.

(finance) (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities{{,}} or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.

(cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).

(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.

Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

(of money) In great supply; abundant.

(MLE) (taking a long time). +

(by extension) stupid; annoying; bullshit

(by extension) serious; deadly. +

(of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 13 in.

(of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in.

(linguistics) A long vowel.

(prosody) A long syllable.

(music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

(programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.

(finance) An entity with a long position in an asset; for example, a trader or investor possessing an amount of a company's shares. +

(finance) A long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.

(dated) (summer vacation).

(finance) To take a long position in.

(sports) Over a great distance in space. +

Over too great a distance, beyond the target.

For a particular duration {{q|specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it}}.

(placed before a verb, participle, adjective, preposition, or adverb) For a long time.

(rare) For a long time.

A long time {{q|see usage notes}}.

(to yearn) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true). +

(archaic) On account (of), because (of).

(archaic) To be appropriate (to), to pertain or belong (to).

(longitude) (longitude).

(obsolete) To belong.