Far vs. Long

Faradjective

Distant; remote in space.

‘He went to a far land.’;

Longadjective

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.

‘It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.’;

Faradjective

Remote in time.

Longadjective

Having great duration.

‘The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.’;

Faradjective

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Longadjective

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

Faradjective

More remote or longer of two.

‘He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.’;

Longadjective

Not short; tall.

Faradjective

Extreme, as measured from some central position.

‘We are on the far right on this issue.’;

Longadjective

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

‘I'm long in DuPont;’; ‘I have a long position in DuPont.’;

Faradjective

Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.

Longadjective

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

Faradjective

Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

‘far heap; far memory; far pointer’;

Longadjective

That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).

‘No! That forehand is longnb....’;

Faradverb

Distant in space, time or degree.

‘My house is quite far from the beach.’; ‘The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless.’;

Longadjective

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

Faradverb

To or from a great distance, time, or degree.

‘You have all come far and you will go farther.’;

Longadjective

(archaic) On account of, because of.

Faradverb

(with a comparative) Very much.

‘He was far richer than we'd thought.’;

Longadverb

Over a great distance in space.

‘He threw the ball long.’;

Farnoun

Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it.

Longadverb

For a particular duration.

‘How long is it until the next bus arrives?’;

Farnoun

A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

Longadverb

For a long duration.

‘Will this interview take long?’; ‘Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.’;

Faradjective

Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.

‘They said, . . . We be come from a far country.’; ‘The nations far and near contend in choice.’;

Longnoun

(linguistics) A long vowel.

Faradjective

Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.

Longnoun

(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.’;

Faradjective

Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.

‘They that are far from thee ahsll perish.’;

Longnoun

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

‘Every uptick made the longs cheer.’;

Faradjective

Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.

‘He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther.’;

Longnoun

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

Faradjective

The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts.

Longnoun

longitude

Faradverb

To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other.

Longverb

To take a long position in.

Faradverb

To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity.

Longverb

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

‘She longed for him to come back.’;

Faradverb

In great part; as, the day is far spent.

Longverb

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

Faradverb

In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.

‘Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies.’;

Longadjective

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.

Farnoun

a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to reinstitute Hutu control;

‘in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists’;

Longadjective

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.

Faradjective

at a great distance in time or space or degree;

‘we come from a far country’; ‘far corners of the earth’; ‘the far future’; ‘a far journey’; ‘the far side of the road’; ‘far from the truth’; ‘far in the future’;

Longadjective

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

Faradjective

being of a considerable distance or length;

‘a far trek’;

Longadjective

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

‘The we may us reserve both fresh and strongAgainst the tournament, which is not long.’;

Faradjective

being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle;

‘the horse on the right is the far horse’; ‘the right side is the far side of the horse’;

Longadjective

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.

Faradjective

beyond a norm in opinion or actions;

‘the far right’;

Longadjective

Far-reaching; extensive.

Faradverb

to a considerable degree; very much;

‘a far far better thing that I do’; ‘felt far worse than yesterday’; ‘eyes far too close together’;

Longadjective

Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; - said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, 22, 30.

Faradverb

at or to or from a great distance in space;

‘he traveled far’; ‘strayed far from home’; ‘sat far away from each other’;

Longadjective

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.

Faradverb

at or to a certain point or degree;

‘I can only go so far before I have to give up’; ‘how far can we get with this kind of argument?’;

Longnoun

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

Faradverb

remote in time;

‘if we could see far into the future’; ‘all that happened far in the past’;

Longnoun

A long sound, syllable, or vowel.

Faradverb

to an advanced stage or point;

‘a young man who will go very far’;

Longnoun

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

Longadverb

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

Longadverb

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

‘They that tarry long at the wine.’; ‘When the trumpet soundeth long.’;

Longadverb

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.

Longadverb

Through the whole extent or duration.

‘The bird of dawning singeth all night long.’;

Longadverb

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

Longpreposition

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

Longverb

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

‘I long to see you.’; ‘I have longed after thy precepts.’; ‘I have longed for thy salvation.’; ‘Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.’;

Longverb

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

‘The labor which that longeth unto me.’;

Longnoun

a comparatively long time;

‘this won't take long’; ‘they haven't been gone long’;

Longverb

desire strongly or persistently

Longadjective

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

‘a long life’; ‘a long boring speech’; ‘a long time’; ‘a long friendship’; ‘a long game’; ‘long ago’; ‘an hour long’;

Longadjective

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

‘a long road’; ‘a long distance’; ‘contained many long words’; ‘ten miles long’;

Longadjective

of relatively great height;

‘a race of long gaunt men’; ‘looked out the long French windows’;

Longadjective

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

‘is long on coffee’; ‘a long position in gold’;

Longadjective

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

Longadjective

used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration

Longadjective

involving substantial risk;

‘long odds’;

Longadjective

(of memory) having greater than average range;

‘a long memory especially for insults’; ‘a tenacious memory’;

Longadjective

planning prudently for the future;

‘large goals that required farsighted policies’; ‘took a long view of the geopolitical issues’;

Longadjective

having or being more than normal or necessary:

‘long on brains’; ‘in long supply’;

Longadverb

for an extended time or at a distant time;

‘a promotion long overdue’; ‘something long hoped for’; ‘his name has long been forgotten’; ‘talked all night long’; ‘how long will you be gone?’; ‘arrived long before he was expected’; ‘it is long after your bedtime’;

Longadverb

for an extended distance