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"; "an hour long"

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"

good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"

holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"

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

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

involving substantial risk; "long odds"

planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"

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"

for an extended distance

desire strongly or persistently