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Longer   /lˈɔŋgər/   Listen
Longer

adverb
1.
For more time.
noun
1.
A person with a strong desire for something.  Synonyms: thirster, yearner.  "A thirster after blood" , "A yearner for knowledge"



Long

adjective
(compar. longer; superl. longest)
1.
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 boring speech" , "A long time" , "A long friendship" , "A long game" , "Long ago" , "An hour long"
2.
Primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified.  "A long distance" , "Contained many long words" , "Ten miles long"
3.
Of relatively great height.  "Looked out the long French windows"
4.
Good at remembering.  Synonyms: recollective, retentive, tenacious.  "Tenacious memory"
5.
Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices.  "A long position in gold"
6.
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration.
7.
Involving substantial risk.
8.
Planning prudently for the future.  Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, longsighted, prospicient.  "Took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
9.
Having or being more than normal or necessary:.  "In long supply"



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"Longer" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the uncertainty of the thing itself, but to the manner in which the object of the belief came down to us. If a thing rests upon the testimony of one man, its warrant is not very strong. But if a whole nation witnessed an event, it is no longer doubtful, unless we suppose that the account itself is due to one writer, and the event never happened. We shall discuss these matters ...
— A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy • Isaac Husik

... the fold, since my passion's despair No longer must harbour the charms that are there; Anne's[95] slender eyebrows, her sleek tresses so long, Her turreted bosom—and Isabel's[96] song; What has been, and is not—woe 's my thought! It must not be ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various

... in half an hour, senor; if they are not here I shall be back here in less than an hour, but if I find them I shall be detained longer in order to talk over with them the ...
— By England's Aid • G. A. Henty

... didn't. And if I'm kep' here talking much longer, there won't be one prepared, neither! 'Tis no use crying over spilt milk. Let me get on with the airing of my sheets, and do you talk to the young lady whiles I see ...
— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler

... the water indefinitely, while, again, 2 or 3 lb. would be required as opposed to the 41/2 lb. approximate pressure required to hold down the clear water. Again, at times the water would not flow through the neck at all, even after several hours, and after increasing the head by attaching a longer rubber tube thereto. In view of these conditions, this experiment would not be noted here, except that it unexpectedly developed one interesting fact. In order to insure against a stoppage of water, as above referred to, gravel was first put into the ...
— Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth • J. C. Meem


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