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1. adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
2. adj. Having great duration.
The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
3. adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
4. adj. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall.
5. adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
I'm long in DuPont;  I have a long position in DuPont.
6. adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
7. adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
No! That forehand is longnb....
8. adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
9. adv. Over a great distance in space.
He threw the ball long.
10. adv. For a particular duration.
How long is it until the next bus arrives?
11. adv. For a long duration.
Will this interview take long?
Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
12. subst. (linguistics) A long vowel.
13. subst. (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.
A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
14. subst. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
Every uptick made the longs cheer.
15. subst. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
16. v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
17. v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
She longed for him to come back.
18. adj. (archaic) On account of, because of.
19. v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
20. subst. longitude
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lang
1. adj. long; lengthy (in space or time)
2. adj. (of a person) tall
3. adj. (with units of time, chiefly Jahre) many (indicating the length of the time in total)
Er hat lange Jahre damit verbracht, diese Frage zu erörtern. - He spent many years reasoning about this question.
4. adv. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of lange
Der Ausflug hat lang gedauert. - The trip took quite long.
5. adv. long, sprawled, stretched (physically)
Er lag lang auf der Erde. - He lay sprawled on the ground.
6. post. for (temporal)
Er ist ein Jahr lang um die Welt gereist. - He travelled around the world for one year.
Ich habe mein ganzes Leben lang die Relativitätstheorie studiert. - I studied relativistic physics my entire life.
7. post. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of entlang
Gehen Sie einfach diese Straße lang! - Just go along this street!
Wo lang? Hier lang! - Which way? This way!
8. v. singular imperative of langen

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How long have you been watching her?      Wie lange beobachtest du sie schon? How long have you been in this country?      Wie lange bist du in diesem Land gewesen? I've known him for a long time.      Ich kenne ihn schon lange. There's nothing worse than a long-distance relationship.      Es gibt nichts Schlimmeres als eine Fernbeziehung. She quit her job because of the low pay and long hours.      Sie kündigte ihre Arbeit wegen der niedrigen Bezahlung und der langen Arbeitszeit.

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