Along vs. Long: What’s the Difference?

  • Along (preposition)

    By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.

  • Along (preposition)

    In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.

  • Along (adverb)

    In company; together.

    “John played the piano and everyone sang along.”

  • Along (adverb)

    Onward, forward, with progressive action.

    “Don’t stop here. Just move along.”

  • Long (adjective)

    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.”

  • Long (adjective)

    Having great duration.

    “The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.”

  • Long (adjective)

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

  • Long (adjective)

    Not short; tall.

  • Long (adjective)

    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.”

  • Long (adjective)

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

  • Long (adjective)

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

    “No! That forehand is longnb….”

  • Long (adjective)

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

  • Long (adjective)

    On account of, because of.

  • Long (adverb)

    Over a great distance in space.

    “He threw the ball long.”

  • Long (adverb)

    For a particular duration.

    “How long is it until the next bus arrives?”

  • Long (adverb)

    For a long duration.

    “Will this interview take long?”

    “Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.”

  • Long (noun)

    A long vowel.

  • Long (noun)

    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.”

  • Long (noun)

    An entity with a long position in an asset.

    “Every uptick made the longs cheer.”

  • Long (noun)

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

  • Long (noun)

    longitude

  • Long (verb)

    To take a long position in.

  • Long (verb)

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

    “She longed for him to come back.”

  • Long (verb)

    To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

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