Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
superlative form of long: most long
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, superlative
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adv
superlative form of long: most long
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, superlative
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Something that is longer than all others in its class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
second-person singular simple present indicative of long
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
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adverb
for the most time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English longest From long + -est.
