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.
Wide (adjective)
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
“We walked down a wide corridor.”
Wide (adjective)
Large in scope.
“The inquiry had a wide remit.”
Wide (adjective)
Operating at the side of the playing area.
“That team needs a decent wide player.”
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.”
Wide (adjective)
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
Wide (adjective)
Vast, great in extent, extensive.
“The wide, lifeless expanse.”
Wide (adjective)
Remote; distant; far.
“The hut was not wide from the sea.”
“The cabin is not wide from the lake.”
Wide (adjective)
Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
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”
Wide (adverb)
extensively
“He travelled far and wide.”
Wide (adverb)
completely
“He was wide awake.”
Wide (adverb)
away from a given goal
“The arrow fell wide of the mark.”
Wide (adverb)
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
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
Wide (adjective)
of great or more than average width
“a wide road”
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”
Wide (adjective)
open to the full extent
“his eyes were wide with fear”
Wide (adjective)
considerable
“tax revenues have undershot Treasury projections by a wide margin”
Wide (adjective)
including a great variety of people or things
“a wide range of opinion”
“his wide circle of friends”
Wide (adjective)
spread among a large number of people or over a large area
“the government’s desire for wider share ownership”
Wide (adjective)
considering or dealing with the more general aspects of a situation, issue, etc.
“the wider implications of the dispute”
Wide (adjective)
extending over the whole of
“an industry-wide trend”
Wide (adjective)
at a considerable or specified distance from an intended point or target
“the ball was wide of the leg stump”
Wide (adjective)
(especially in soccer) at or near the side of the field
“he played in a wide left position”
Wide (adverb)
to the full extent
“his eyes opened wide”
Wide (adverb)
far from a particular or intended point or target
“his final touchline conversion drifted wide”
Wide (adverb)
(especially in football) at or near the side of the field
“he will play wide on the right”
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.