English Dictionary

long

/lɒŋ/

noun

(linguistics) A long vowel. / (prosody) A long syllable. / (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

The word 'tree' has a long vowel sound.

意味（1）

(linguistics) A long vowel.

In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts.

意味（2）

(prosody) A long syllable.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

(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.

A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.

意味（5）

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

Every uptick made the longs cheer.

意味（6）

(finance) A long-term investment.

Likewise, if borrowers prefer to sell short-maturity issues at the time lenders prefer to invest in longs, as is the case when interest rates are expected to fall, longer maturity issues will tend to yield less than shorter maturity issues.

意味（7）

(UK, colloquial, dated) The long summer vacation at the English universities.

"[…] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long."

"Last Long?"

[…] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long. Last Long? Hem! last protracted vacation.