long. lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted "a drawn-out argument" "an extended discussion" "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law" "a prolonged and bitter struggle" "protracted negotiations"
• having or being more than normal or necessary "long on brains" "in long supply"
• 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"
• 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..."
• (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
• holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices "is long on coffee" "a long position in gold"
• planning prudently for the future "large goals that required farsighted policies" "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
• (of memory) having greater than average range "a long memory especially for insults" "a tenacious memory"
• involving substantial risk "long odds"
• used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration