Large vs. Long

Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.

Extending or traveling a relatively great distance.

Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.

Having relatively great height; tall.

Important; significant

Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several

Understanding and tolerant; liberal

Of relatively great duration

Of great magnitude or intensity; grand

Of a specified linear extent or duration

Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.

Made up of many members or items

(Obsolete) Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.

Extending beyond an average or standard

(Nautical) Favorable. Used of a wind.

Extending or landing beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal

(Slang) A thousand dollars

Tediously protracted; lengthy

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

Concerned with distant issues; far-reaching

That is large the manufactured size.

Involving substantial chance; risky

(obsolete) Abundant; ample.

Having an abundance or excess of

(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

Having a holding of a commodity or security in expectation of a rise in price

(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.

(Linguistics) Having a comparatively great duration. Used of a vowel or consonant.

(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

(Grammar) Relating to or being the English speech sounds (ā, ē, ī, ō, ) that are tense vowels or diphthongs.

(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Being of relatively great duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.

An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

During or for an extended period of time

(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.

At or to a considerable distance; far

A thousand dollars/pounds.

Beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal

An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

For or throughout a specified period

One who fits an item of that size.

At a point of time distant from that referred to

(nautical) Before the wind.

Into or in a long position, as of a commodity market.

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; - opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.

A long time

Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

(Linguistics) A long syllable, vowel, or consonant.

Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

One who acquires holdings in a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in price.

Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; - said of the mind and heart.

A garment size for a tall person.

Free; unembarrassed.

longs Trousers extending to the feet or ankles.

Unrestrained by decorum; - said of language.

To have an earnest, heartfelt desire, especially for something beyond reach.

Prodigal in expending; lavish.

Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below.

Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; - said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Having great duration.

Freely; licentiously.

Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.

A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Not short; tall.

a garment size for a large person

(finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

(cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).

fairly large or important in effect; influential;

Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.

large enough to be visible to the naked eye

(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.

ostentatiously lofty in style;

Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

generous and understanding and tolerant;

(archaic) On account of, because of.

conspicuous in position or importance;

(linguistics) A long vowel.

having broad power and range and scope;

(prosody) A long syllable.

in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

(music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

(programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.

with the wind abaft the beam;

(finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.

in a boastful manner;

(finance) A long-term investment.

The long summer vacation at the English universities.

longitude

To take a long position in.

(intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).

(archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

(obsolete) To belong.

Over a great distance in space.

For a particular duration.

For a long duration.

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; - opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.

Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.

Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.

Far-reaching; extensive.

Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to short.

A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

A long sound, syllable, or vowel.

The longest dimension; the greatest extent; - in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.

To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.

To a great extent in time; during a long time.

At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.

Through the whole extent or duration.

Through an extent of time, more or less; - only in question; as, how long will you be gone?

By means of; by the fault of; because of.

To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; - followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.

To belong; - used with to, unto, or for.

a comparatively long time;

desire strongly or persistently

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified;

primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified;

of relatively great height;

holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices;

of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')

used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration

involving substantial risk;

(of memory) having greater than average range;

planning prudently for the future;

having or being more than normal or necessary:

for an extended time or at a distant time;

for an extended distance