[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["having considerable linear extent in space:a long distance; a long handle.Synonyms: extensive , lengthy", "having considerable duration in time:a long conversation; a long while.Synonyms: extended , protracted", "extending, lasting, or totaling a number of specified units:eight miles long; eight hours long.", "containing many items or units:a long list.", "requiring a considerable time to relate, read, etc.:a long story.", "extending beyond normal or moderate limits:a long, boring speech.Synonyms: boring , tedious , prolix , wordy", "experienced as passing slowly, because of the difficulty, tedium, or unpleasantness involved:long years of study.", "reaching well into the past:a long memory.", "the longer of two or the longest of several:the long way home; a brick with the long side exposed.", "taking a long time; slow :He's certainly long getting here.", "forward-looking or considering all aspects; broad :to take a long view of life.", "intense, thorough, or critical; seriously appraising:a long look at one's past mistakes.", "having an ample supply or endowment of something (often followed byon):to be long on advice; to be long on brains.", "having a considerable time to run, as a promissory note.", "Chiefly Law.distant or remote in time:a long date.", "extending relatively far:a man with a long reach.", "being higher or taller than usual:long casement windows.", "being against great odds; unlikely :a long chance.", "(of beverages) mixed or diluted with a large amount of soda, seltzer, etc.:highballs, collinses, and other long drinks.", "(of the head or skull) of more than ordinary length from front to back.", "Phonetics.lasting a relatively long time:“Feed” has a longer sound than “feet” or “fit.”belonging to a class of sounds considered as usually longer in duration than another class, as the vowel ofboughtas compared to that ofbut,and in many languages serving as a distinctive feature of phonemes, as theahin German Bahnin contrast with theain Bann,or thettin Italianfattoin contrast with thetinfato( short(def16b) short(def16b)).having the sound of the English vowels inmate, meet, mite, mote, moot,andmute,historically descended from vowels that were long in duration.", "lasting a relatively long time:“Feed” has a longer sound than “feet” or “fit.”", "belonging to a class of sounds considered as usually longer in duration than another class, as the vowel ofboughtas compared to that ofbut,and in many languages serving as a distinctive feature of phonemes, as theahin German Bahnin contrast with theain Bann,or thettin Italianfattoin contrast with thetinfato( short(def16b) short(def16b)).", "having the sound of the English vowels inmate, meet, mite, mote, moot,andmute,historically descended from vowels that were long in duration.", "Prosody.(of a syllable in quantitative verse) lasting a longer time than a short syllable.", "Finance.holding or accumulating stocks, futures, commodities, etc., with the expectation of a rise in prices:a long position in chemicals.", "Gambling.marked by a large difference in the numbers of the given betting ratio or in the amounts wagered:long odds.of or relating to the larger amount bet.", "marked by a large difference in the numbers of the given betting ratio or in the amounts wagered:long odds.", "of or relating to the larger amount bet.", "Ceramics.(of clay) very plastic; fat ."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a comparatively long time:They haven't been gone for long. Will it take long?", "something that is long:The signal was two longs and a short.", "a size of garment for men who are taller than average.", "a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in this size:The shorts and the longs are hung separately.", "Finance.a person who accumulates or holds stocks or commodities with the expectation of a rise in prices.", "Music. longa ."]}, {"Bold_text": "adverb", "List Items": ["for or through a great extent of space or, especially, time:a reform long advocated.", "for or throughout a specified extent, especially of time:How long did he stay?", "(used elliptically in referring to the length an absence, delay, etc.):Will she be long?", "throughout a specified period of time (usually used to emphasize a preceding noun):It's been muggy all summer long.", "at a point of time far distant from the time indicated:long before."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to have an earnest or strong desire or craving; yearn :to long to return home.to long for spring;to long to return home."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Archaic.to be suitable or fitting.", "Obsolete.to be the possession; belong."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Crawford Wil·liam·son[wil, -y, uh, m-s, uh, n],1815–78,U.S. surgeon.", "Hu·ey Pierce[hyoo, -ee],1893–1935,U.S. politician: governor of Louisiana 1928–31; U.S. senator 1931–35.", "Russell B(il·liu)[bil, -yoo],1918–2003,U.S. lawyer and politician: U.S. senator 1948–87 (son of Huey Long).", "Stephen Harriman,1784–1864,U.S. army officer and explorer."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["longitude."]}]