Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
Near the start or beginning.
Near the start of the day.
Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
Soon; in good time; seasonably.
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
Not short; tall.
Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring or tedious or tiring.
Having great duration.
Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location, as weapons fire or landing aircraft.
Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
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).
An entity with a long position in an asset.
A long-term investment.
A long vowel.
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
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 syllable.
To take a long position in.
To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
For a long duration.
Over a great distance in space.
For a particular duration.