long
verb/lɒŋ/
/lɔːŋ/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they long | /lɒŋ/ /lɔːŋ/ |
| he / she / it longs | /lɒŋz/ /lɔːŋz/ |
| past simple longed | /lɒŋd/ /lɔːŋd/ |
| past participle longed | /lɒŋd/ /lɔːŋd/ |
| -ing form longing | /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/ /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/ |
- 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 phone.
- long to do something I'm longing to see you again.
Extra Examples- He hated the city and longed for the mountains.
- She had always longed to go abroad.
- They were the words I had secretly longed to hear.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- desperately
- secretly
- always
- …
- for
Word Originverb Old English langian ‘grow long, prolong’, also ‘dwell in thought, yearn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch langen ‘present, offer’ and German langen ‘reach, extend’.Want to learn more?
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