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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.”
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Long (adjective)
Having great duration.
“The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.”
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Long (adjective)
Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
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Long (adjective)
Not short; tall.
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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.”
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Long (adjective)
Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
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Long (adjective)
That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
“No! That forehand is longnb….”
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Long (adjective)
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
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Long (adjective)
On account of, because of.
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Long (adverb)
Over a great distance in space.
“He threw the ball long.”
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Long (adverb)
For a particular duration.
“How long is it until the next bus arrives?”
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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.”
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Long (noun)
A long vowel.
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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.”
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Long (noun)
An entity with a long position in an asset.
“Every uptick made the longs cheer.”
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Long (noun)
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
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Long (noun)
longitude
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Long (verb)
To take a long position in.
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Long (verb)
To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
“She longed for him to come back.”
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Long (verb)
To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
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Wide (adjective)
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
“We walked down a wide corridor.”
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Wide (adjective)
Large in scope.
“The inquiry had a wide remit.”
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Wide (adjective)
Operating at the side of the playing area.
“That team needs a decent wide player.”
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Wide (adjective)
On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
“ux|en|Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it’s wide.”
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Wide (adjective)
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
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Wide (adjective)
Vast, great in extent, extensive.
“The wide, lifeless expanse.”
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Wide (adjective)
Remote; distant; far.
“The hut was not wide from the sea.”
“The cabin is not wide from the lake.”
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Wide (adjective)
Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
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Wide (adjective)
Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
“a wide character; a wide stream”
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Wide (adverb)
extensively
“He travelled far and wide.”
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Wide (adverb)
completely
“He was wide awake.”
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Wide (adverb)
away from a given goal
“The arrow fell wide of the mark.”
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Wide (adverb)
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
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Wide (noun)
A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side’s score
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Wide (adjective)
of great or more than average width
“a wide road”
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Wide (adjective)
(after a measurement and in questions) from side to side
“how wide do you think this house is?”
“it measures 15 cm long by 12 cm wide”
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Wide (adjective)
open to the full extent
“his eyes were wide with fear”
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Wide (adjective)
considerable
“tax revenues have undershot Treasury projections by a wide margin”
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Wide (adjective)
including a great variety of people or things
“a wide range of opinion”
“his wide circle of friends”
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Wide (adjective)
spread among a large number of people or over a large area
“the government’s desire for wider share ownership”
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Wide (adjective)
considering or dealing with the more general aspects of a situation, issue, etc.
“the wider implications of the dispute”
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Wide (adjective)
extending over the whole of
“an industry-wide trend”
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Wide (adjective)
at a considerable or specified distance from an intended point or target
“the ball was wide of the leg stump”
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Wide (adjective)
(especially in soccer) at or near the side of the field
“he played in a wide left position”
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Wide (adverb)
to the full extent
“his eyes opened wide”
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Wide (adverb)
far from a particular or intended point or target
“his final touchline conversion drifted wide”
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Wide (adverb)
(especially in football) at or near the side of the field
“he will play wide on the right”
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Wide (noun)
a ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.