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(adj)
(sciences) Of a study, sampling data over time rather than merely once.
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Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
Lasting one year; of a timespan of one year.
(adv)
Throughout the day.
During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
Lasting a night (i.e. the duration of one night); lasting all night.
(of a word) Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables.
Occurring once every two months
Capable of being extended.
(law) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.
(v)
(transitive) To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
Operating, or capable of operating, over a great distance.
Extensive in length (physical distance, or time).
Characterized by prudence and foresight
Over a great length or distance.
Alternative spelling of long-sighted. [Hyperopic; farsighted]
Alternative form of long-standing. [Having existed for a long time; of long standing.]
Distant; remote in space.
Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.
Protracted, made to take a longer period of time than necessary.
Speaking or writing at length; long-winded.
Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
Having, exercising, or characterised by foresight; forward-looking; prudent
Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.
Extending over a relatively long time period.
Somewhat long.
Having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time.
Extending for the entire duration of life.
Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
Having power to retain.
Persisting or enduring for a long time.
(of a word or words) Long; polysyllabic.
Persisting for an extended period of time.
Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
(pharmacology) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the long term.
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time.
Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
(n)
A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
Lasting throughout all time; eternal.
Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
Lasting forever; unending.
Suffering stress (either physical or mental).
Neither temporary nor entirely permanent; of indefinite duration.
(intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
To crave, want or desire.
(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
Having no end.
Not sound, particularly:
(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
That has been made longer; that has been extended.
of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption
relating to or extending over a relatively long time
continuing through life
(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
Act of measurement.
Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of time-honored. [(American spelling) Honored because of great age, or long usage.]
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
(physical) Of shape:
A format for communicating or presenting information.
(informal, arithmetic) To multiply.
(geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
(obsolete outside Northumbria) long
According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.
An important or main item.
Existing in large number; numerous.
A range of values or locations.
Onward, forward, with progressive action.
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
A state or quality.
Occurring over a wide range; appearing throughout a broad region, or extending over a diverse spectrum of possibilities.
Wide in extent or scope.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
At or near the rear.
(figurative) Commonly; generally; to a great degree.
(heading) To do with a place or places.
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
A particular point of time; an instant.
Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.
Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
(degree) To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
In the end; finally.
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
Passing from one side of something to the other.
Of short duration; happening quickly.