Large vs. Long

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  • Large (adjective)

    Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

    “Russia is a large country.”

    “The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size.”

    “He has a large collection of stamps.”

  • Large (adjective)

    Abundant; ample.

  • Large (adjective)

    Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

  • Large (adjective)

    Free; unencumbered.

  • Large (adjective)

    Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

  • Large (adjective)

    Crossing the line of a ship’s course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

  • Large (noun)

    An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

  • Large (noun)

    Liberality, generosity.

  • Large (noun)

    A thousand dollars/pounds.

    “Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.”

  • Large (noun)

    A large serving of something.

    “One small coffee and two larges, please.”

  • Large (adverb)

    Before the wind.

  • Long (adjective)

    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.”

  • Long (adjective)

    Having great duration.

    “The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.”

  • Long (adjective)

    Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.

  • Long (adjective)

    Not short; tall.

  • Long (adjective)

    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.”

  • Long (adjective)

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

  • Long (adjective)

    That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).

    “No! That forehand is longnb….”

  • Long (adjective)

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

  • Long (adjective)

    On account of, because of.

  • Long (adverb)

    Over a great distance in space.

    “He threw the ball long.”

  • Long (adverb)

    For a particular duration.

    “How long is it until the next bus arrives?”

  • Long (adverb)

    For a long duration.

    “Will this interview take long?”

    “Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.”

  • Long (noun)

    A long vowel.

  • Long (noun)

    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.”

  • Long (noun)

    An entity with a long position in an asset.

    “Every uptick made the longs cheer.”

  • Long (noun)

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

  • Long (noun)

    longitude

  • Long (verb)

    To take a long position in.

  • Long (verb)

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

    “She longed for him to come back.”

  • Long (verb)

    To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

Wiktionary
  • Large (adjective)

    of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity

    “add a large clove of garlic”

    “the concert attracted large crowds”

    “the jumper comes in small, medium, and large sizes”

  • Large (adjective)

    pursuing a commercial activity on a significant scale

    “many large investors are likely to take a different view”

  • Large (adjective)

    of wide range or scope

    “we can afford to take a larger view of the situation”

  • Large (verb)

    enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music

    “he’s known in clubland for his capacity for larging it”

  • Large (adverb)

    another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb)

Oxford Dictionary

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