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Results for: "long"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

long — having much distance from one point to another
→ langur
→ síður
long — having great duration
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long — to wait, to aspire
→ þrá

More translations:

long
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long
→ langur, á lengd
long
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long
→ löngu
long
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long
→ þrá, dauðlanga

English definitions WordNet

VERB 1

  1. desire strongly or persistently

    Synonymshankeryearn

ADJECTIVE 9

  1. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

    • “a long life”
    • “a long boring speech”
    • “a long time”
    • “a long friendship”
    • “a long game”
    • “long ago”
    • “an hour long”

  2. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified

    • “a long road”
    • “a long distance”
    • “contained many long words”
    • “ten miles long”

  3. of relatively great height

    • “a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson”
    • “looked out the long French windows”
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  1. good at remembering

    • “a retentive mind”
    • “tenacious memory”
    Synonymsretentiverecollectivetenacious

  2. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices

    • “is long on coffee”
    • “a long position in gold”

  3. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; are long"

    • “the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot'”

  4. involving substantial risk

    • “long odds”

  5. planning prudently for the future

    • “large goals that required farsighted policies”
    • “took a long view of the geopolitical issues”
    Synonymsfarseeingfarsightedforesightedforesightfulprospicientlongsighted

  6. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"

    • “in long supply”

ADVERB 2

  1. for an extended time or at a distant time

    • “a promotion long overdue”
    • “something long hoped for”
    • “his name has long been forgotten”
    • “talked all night long”
    • “how long will you be gone?”
    • “arrived long before he was expected”
    • “it is long after your bedtime”

  2. for an extended distance