Meaning & use
long
Having a great distance from one end to the other, or lasting a great amount of time.
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It was a long drive from the coast to the mountains, taking nearly eight hours.
They've been friends since childhood, through a long and eventful history together.
A note on using this word
Long describes both physical distance and duration; 'long for' as a verb instead means to strongly wish for something.
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