Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Long
User Submitted Origins
Chinese
45%
English
35%
Vietnamese
20%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to 6 people from all over the world, the name Long is of Chinese / Vietnamese origin and means "Dragon".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Long
Senses
- Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
- Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.
- Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
- Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away."The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against the tournament, which is not long." [Spenser.]
- Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
- Far-reaching; extensive." Longviews." [Burke.]
- [Phonetics] Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short (a.), 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 22, 30.
- [Finance & Com] Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go long of the market to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to short.
Note: ☞ Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded, etc.
Etymology: AS. long lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. lång, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. √125. Cf. Length Ling a fish, Linger Lunge Purloin
noun Long
Senses
- [Mus] A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
- [Phonetics] A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
- The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.
adverb Long
Senses
- To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.
- To a great extent in time; during a long time."They that tarry long at the wine." [Prov. xxiii. 30.]"When the trumpet soundeth long." [Ex. xix. 13.]
- At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
- Through the whole extent or duration."The bird of dawning singeth all night long." [Shak.]
- Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
Etymology: AS. lance
preposition Long
By means of; by the fault of; because of.
Etymology: Abbreviated fr. along. See 3d Along
verb Long
Senses
- To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by for or after."I long to see you." [Rom. i. 11.]"I have longed after thy precepts." [Ps. cxix. 40.]"I have longed for thy salvation." [Ps. cxix. 174.]"Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea." [Arbuthnot.]
- To belong; -- used with to unto, or for.(Obs)"The labor which that longeth unto me." [Chaucer.]
Etymology: AS. langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. lang long. See Long (a.)
Other Dictionary Sources
- Desire strongly or persistently
- Having or being more than normal or necessary ("long on brains" and "in long supply")
- 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", and "ten miles long")
- 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", and "an hour long")
- (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration ("the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long")
- Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices ("is long on coffee" and "a long position in gold")
- Planning prudently for the future ("took a long view of the geopolitical issues")
- Good at remembering
- Involving substantial risk ("long odds")
- Of relatively great height ("a race of long gaunt men" and "looked out the long French windows")
- 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", and "it is long after your bedtime")
- For an extended distance
Wiktionary
- A surname. Originally a nickname for a tall man.
Long was also found in the following language(s): Icelandic, Luxembourgish, and Vietnamese