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Results for: "long"

Translating from English to Russian

Translations:

long — having much distance from one point to another
→ дли́нный (dlínnyj)
long — having great duration
→ до́лгий (dólgij)
long — to wait, to aspire
→ тосковать (toskovatʹ) impf
→ жаждать (zhazhdatʹ) impf

More translations:

long
→ длинный
long
→ долгий
long
→ длительный
long
→ давно; задолго до
long
→ долго
long
→ очень хотеть

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (1)

1. desire strongly or persistently;
[syn: hanker, long, yearn]


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;
- Example: "a long life"
- Example: "a long boring speech"
- Example: "a long time"
- Example: "a long friendship"
- Example: "a long game"
- Example: "long ago"
- Example: "an hour long"

2. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified;
- Example: "a long road"
- Example: "a long distance"
- Example: "contained many long words"
- Example: "ten miles long"

3. of relatively great height;
- Example: "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson
- Example: "looked out the long French windows"

4. good at remembering;
- Example: "a retentive mind"
- Example: "tenacious memory"
[syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious]

5. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices;
- Example: "is long on coffee"
- Example: "a long position in gold"

6. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration;
- Example: "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long";

7. involving substantial risk;
- Example: "long odds"

8. planning prudently for the future;
- Example: "large goals that required farsighted policies"
- Example: "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
[syn: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted]

9. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains";
- Example: "in long supply"


ADVERB (2)

1. for an extended time or at a distant time;
- Example: "a promotion long overdue"
- Example: "something long hoped for"
- Example: "his name has long been forgotten"
- Example: "talked all night long"
- Example: "how long will you be gone?"
- Example: "arrived long before he was expected"
- Example: "it is long after your bedtime"

2. for an extended distance;