long

I 1. [loŋ] adjective

1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) ilgas

2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) ilgas

3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) ilgumo

4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) ilgai kuo užsiėmęs, išėjęs

5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) toli siekiantis

2. adverb

1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.) daug laiko

2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?) ilgai

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- longways

- long-distance
- long-drawn-out
- longhand
- long house
- long jump
- long-playing record
- long-range
- long-sighted
- long-sightedness
- long-suffering
- long-winded
- as long as / so long as
- before very long
- before long
- in the long run
- the long and the short of it
- no longer
- so long! II [loŋ] verb

((often with for) to wish very much: He longed to go home; I am longing for a drink.) labai norėti, geisti, trokšti

- longing

- longingly