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Definition of long verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

long

 verb
verb
NAmE//lɔŋ//
 
[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they long
 
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he / she / it longs
 
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past simple longed
 
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-ing form longing
 
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to want something very much especially if it does not seem likely to happen soon synonym yearn long for somebody/something Lucy had always longed for a brother. long for somebody to do something He longed for Pat to call. long to do something I'm longing to see you again. see longed-for long adjective adverblength nounlengthy adjectivelengthen verb
See long in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary