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likely to remain for a long time
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- I asked the doctor if I was long for this world
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.
- Oh how I long for this pandemic to end so we can go dancing again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yearn for, crave for, hanker after, sigh for
Antonyms: none provided
To miss (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
darıxmaq
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Catalan:
enyorança
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Chinese Mandarin:
願望 /愿望
(yuànwàng)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Chinese Mandarin:
渴望
(kěwàng)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Dalmatian:
bramur
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Dutch:
begeren
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Esperanto:
sopiri
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Finnish:
ikävöidä
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Finnish:
kaivata
— to have desire for; to yearn
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French:
convoiter
— to have desire for; to yearn
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German:
begehren
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Ancient Greek:
ὁμείρομαι
(homeíromai)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Ancient Greek:
ποθέω
(pothéō)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Hebrew:
כָּמַהּ
(kamá)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Hebrew:
נָהָה
(nahá)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Hebrew:
הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק
(hishtokék)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Hebrew:
הִתְגַּעֲגֵעַ
(hitga'agéa)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Ingrian:
ikävöijä
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Ingrian:
ikävöittää
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Italian:
bramare
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Latin:
cupio
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Mongolian:
үгүйлэх
(ügüjlex)
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Navajo:
íítʼiʼ
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Norwegian:
lengte
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Polish:
pragnąć
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Polish:
zapragnąć
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Portuguese:
desejar
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Portuguese:
ansiar
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Portuguese:
almejar
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Spanish:
anhelar
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Swedish:
längta efter
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Venetan:
bramizar
— to have desire for; to yearn
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Arabic:
اِشْتَاقَ
(ištāqa)
— to miss
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Chinese Mandarin:
想念
(xiǎngniàn)
— to miss
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Chinese Mandarin:
思念
(sīniàn)
— to miss
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Chinese Mandarin:
盼念
(pànniàn)
— to miss
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Dutch:
verlangen
— to miss
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Finnish:
ikävöidä
— to miss
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Finnish:
kaivata
— to miss
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French:
languir
— to miss
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German:
sich sehnen
— to miss
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German:
verlangen
— to miss
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Ingrian:
ikävöijä
— to miss
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Ingrian:
ikävöittää
— to miss
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Japanese:
あこがれる
(akogareru)
— to miss
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Japanese:
憧れる
(akogareru)
— to miss
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Japanese:
恋い慕う
(koishitau)
— to miss
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Latin:
desidero
— to miss
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Polish:
tęsknić
— to miss
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Polish:
zatęsknić
— to miss
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Portuguese:
sentir saudade
— to miss
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Portuguese:
ter saudade
— to miss
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Portuguese:
estar com saudade
— to miss
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Portuguese:
sentir falta
— to miss
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Russian:
скуча́ть
(skučátʹ)
— to miss
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Russian:
тоскова́ть
(toskovátʹ)
— to miss
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Russian:
жа́ждать
(žáždatʹ)
— to miss
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Russian:
стреми́ться
(stremítʹsja)
— to miss
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Spanish:
echar de menos
— to miss
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Swedish:
längta tillbaka till
— to miss