Protracted

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LONG

Definition 1:
Extending a great distance from one end to the other end :not short .

Examples:
long hair
long legs
A long corridor
The bridge is the longest in the world.
We drove a long distance.
The long/longer side of the building
The pants are a little (too) long for me. [=they should be shorter in order to fit me]
Definition 2:
Extending a specified distance :having a specified length .

Examples:
One meter long
The whale was 50 feet long.
“How long was the race?” “The race was five miles long.”
Definition 3:
Lasting or continuing for a great amount of time .

Examples:
A long pause/wait
They’ve had a long and happy marriage.
She finds it hard to sit still for long periods of time.
It’s a long movie.
The company has a long tradition of serving its customers well.
I’ve known them for a long time. [=many years]
I haven’t seen them for/in a (very) long time. = (US) I haven’t seen them for the longest time.
The changes took a long time to come. = The changes were long in coming. [=the changes did not happen quickly]
It happened a long time ago. [=far in the past; not at all recently]
The test should take an hour at the longest. [=it should not be longer than an hour]
She is used to working long hours. [=she often works for many hours at a time]
He has a very long memory. [=he remembers things that happened far in the past]
Someone with long experience in the UN [=someone who has been in the UN many years]
She gave him a long look. [=she looked at him for many seconds]
It’s been a long day. [=a difficult day in which time seems to go by slowly]
We took Friday off and went to the coast for a long weekend. [=a weekend with an extra day added to it]
Definition 4:
Lasting or continuing for a specified amount of time see also daylong monthlong weeklong.

Examples:
The movie is three hours long. [=it lasts three hours]
A day is 24 hours long.
Definition 5:
Having many pages, items, etc. .

Examples:
A long book/essay/list
The team has had a long streak of wins.
Definition 6:
Having a specified number of pages, items, etc. .

Examples:
The book is 300 pages long.
The team’s winning streak is 12 games long.
Definition 7:
Covering all or most of the arms or legs .

Examples:
A shirt with long sleeves
long pants
A long skirt
Definition 8:
Going beyond the area of play .

Examples:
His second serve was long, so he lost the point.
Definition 9:
used to identify certain vowel sounds in English compare short 8.

Examples:
long and short vowels
The long “a” in “make”
The long “e” in “sweet”
The long “i” in “ice”
The long “u” in “use”
Definition 10:
Showing sadness .

Examples:
Why the long face? [=you look sad; why are you sad?]

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