"the perennial dialectic between Horatian technique and Longinian inspiration",
"\u2014 Harry Levin"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dionysius Cassius Longin us, 3d century a.d. Greek philosopher and rhetorician + English -ian":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u00e4n\u02c8jin\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225555",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Longinus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"1st century a.d. Greek critic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u00e4n-\u02c8j\u012b-n\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133416",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"lone":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having no company : solitary":[],
": only , sole":[],
": preferring solitude":[],
": situated by itself : isolated":[]
},
"examples":[
"the lone ripe apple in the entire bag",
"just one lone cow in the middle of the field",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After Anthony Santander singled in the first inning, 19 of the next 20 Orioles batters were retired by right-hander Jonathan Heasley \u2014 with the lone exception coming on an error that allowed Trey Mancini to reach base. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
"The lone exception to this rule was the 1994 assault weapons ban, inspired by a mass shooting in San Francisco. \u2014 Jake Bittle, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"Perhaps the lone exception is Midge Costanza, who used her position as a public liaison for Jimmy Carter to broker a White House meeting with gay activists, Kameny among them. \u2014 Michael Waters, The New Yorker , 31 May 2022",
"For a Portland team that has largely struggled to find scores lately \u2014 the lone exception being their 7-2 record-setting explosion against Sporting KC \u2014 this could be a tough one. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
"Also in the medium category are eight of the nine counties in the San Francisco Bay Area (the lone exception is Napa County) and the coastal counties north of the Bay Area, as well as Santa Cruz County and Yolo County. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"Water reservoirs are depleted throughout, with the lone exception being those in Washington. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 12 May 2022",
"The Nissan Maxima earns top marks across IIHS's safety tests, with its headlight performance being the lone exception. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"Mariemont's lone loss came late in the regular season to Division I Olentangy Liberty 14-13. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, short for alone":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lone alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"singular",
"sole",
"solitary",
"special",
"sui generis",
"unique"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014924",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"lone ranger":{
"antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"something of a lone ranger among anthropologists, she does her research without either a lending hand or an eye toward trendy topics",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The desperate situation usually has an alternative, if only the lone ranger would tolerate his own vulnerability and fallibility. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Kaneland pitcher Emilee Erickson, wearing a protective face mask in Friday\u2019s Class 3A state semifinal, was no lone ranger . \u2014 Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News , 9 June 2018",
"Hanes doesn't believe J. Edgar Hoover or the Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved, nor a group of lone rangers . \u2014 Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com , 4 Apr. 2018",
"But, Adrienne, the press is already convinced that Donald Trump has a lone ranger style. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Lone Ranger , hero of an American radio and television western":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"boho",
"counterculturist",
"deviant",
"enfant terrible",
"free spirit",
"heretic",
"iconoclast",
"individualist",
"lone wolf",
"loner",
"maverick",
"nonconformer",
"nonconformist"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192722",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lone scout":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a boy or girl scout who lives in a rural community that does not have a regular scout organization":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203154",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lone wolf":{
"antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who prefers to work, act, or live alone":[]
},
"examples":[
"He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.",
"a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet even when Buffalo authorities confirmed that the Buffalo killer was a lone wolf , the gonzo journalists at Rolling Stone say, \u2018no, no, no, no, no. \u2014 Fox News Staff, Fox News , 17 May 2022",
"Frost told me that\u2014contrary to popular opinion, which casts Elias as a lone wolf \u2014Elias is guided by an inner circle of people who are not afraid to disagree with him. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Before going into business together, entrepreneurial Teplin was a lone wolf \u2014 while Shearer, who cleared out closets for a high-end clothing consignment business, was looking to partner up. \u2014 Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This year, famous lone wolf OR-7 formed the first pack in the western part of the state. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 26 Feb. 2015",
"Unlike Rimini\u2019s protagonist, a lone wolf in a sealskin coat who performs with just one roadie and a sound system, Seidl is once again getting the band back together. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Even by lone wolf standards, William Tell stands apart. \u2014 Stuart Miller, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Atlanta voters were deciding Tuesday's mayoral runoff between one candidate who is comfortable as a lone wolf and another who has acquired a bunch of new friends. \u2014 Jeff Amy, ajc , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Federal law enforcement nationwide has warned that one of the biggest threats remains lone wolf -style attacks. \u2014 Melanie Zanona, CNN , 27 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"boho",
"counterculturist",
"deviant",
"enfant terrible",
"free spirit",
"heretic",
"iconoclast",
"individualist",
"lone ranger",
"loner",
"maverick",
"nonconformer",
"nonconformist"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041240",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"lonely":{
"antonyms":[
"accompanied"
],
"definitions":{
": being without company : lone":[
"too many lonely nights at home"
],
": cut off from others : solitary":[
"the train stopped frequently at lonely little stations",
"\u2014 Robert Hichens"
],
": not frequented by human beings : desolate":[
"a lonely spot in the woods"
],
": producing a feeling of bleakness or desolation":[
"it's a lonely thing to be a champion",
"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
],
": sad from being alone : lonesome":[
"He was feeling lonely without his wife and children."
]
},
"examples":[
"He was lonely without his wife and children.",
"She was a lonely child with few friends.",
"It was lonely living out in the country.",
"She spent too many lonely nights at home.",
"She had a lonely childhood.",
"a lonely spot in the woods",
"a lonely stretch of road",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lustig's New York City is grimy, dark, and lonely , a fascinating and terrifying wonderland where danger lurks around every corner. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Quarantining was lonely and challenging for the two, who had arrived in Oakland only months before lockdowns went into effect. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Whereas other locales in the F1 paddock may have felt unattainable or relatively lonely and tame, McLaren felt welcoming and lively. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 13 May 2022",
"Bibb will play Dinah, a kind but lonely member of high society. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"The pandemic experience of trying to stave off illness left aging residents of congregate care socially isolated and lonely . \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"With blood trickling down from his eye, and lonely \u2013 probably, since the nearest defender was 20 feet away \u2013 Giannis Antetokounmpo gets the catch-and-shoot, fourth-quarter three-point shot from a heads-up pass from Wesley Matthews. Nails it. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"Maybe being a single mom magnified the feelings also, because doing it alone can be so hard and sometimes lonely . \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 7 May 2022",
"Vogue\u2019s top editor since 1988 and the global chief content officer of Cond\u00e9 Nast since 2020, Ms. Wintour is no stranger to the lonely , queenlike feeling of being at the top. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 3 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dn-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lonely alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"lonesome",
"single",
"solitary",
"solo",
"unaccompanied"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210220",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"loner":{
"antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who is often alone or likes to be alone : someone who usually avoids the company of others":[
"He is a moody loner who doesn't become chummy with anyone.",
"\u2014 Sam Moses",
"Many rowers will agree that sculling is a sport for loners who relish the more quixotic elements of the sport.",
"\u2014 D. C. Churbuck",
"\u2026 she found that the image of the scientist as an antisocial loner is a myth \u2026",
"\u2014 Warren E. Leary"
],
": a typically solitary animal":[
"Black bears are loners and usually wander by themselves in search of food.",
"\u2014 Mark Carwardine",
"Despite the fact they are loners , cats do have a well-organized social system based on scent marks and mutual avoidance.",
"\u2014 Fiona Sunquist"
],
": individualist sense 1":[],
": one that avoids others: such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The character is further described as a loner within the law enforcement community who hides the severe dyslexia that went untreated during his traumatic childhood in foster care. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Walkaway Joe David Strathairn stars as a wandering loner trying to escape his uneasy past, and Julian Feder is cast as a 14-year-old pool shark searching for his father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Scientists believe that many dinosaurs lived and traveled in groups, but this species of ankylosaur likely lived as a loner due to its poor hearing. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"In both cases, a loner from the community attacked an elementary school, overpowering children and adults with an arsenal. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"The man who opened fire in a Texas elementary school Tuesday, massacring 19 children and two adults, was a loner who kept to himself and avoided any kind of conversation, according to the boyfriend of the gunman\u2019s mother. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
"Eduardo Trinidad, whose son is a senior at Uvalde High School, said in a phone interview that Ramos was a loner who wore all black and was bullied because of his strange behavior. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Two men seized the shooter, a fame-seeking loner from Milwaukee named Arthur Bremer. \u2014 Diane Bernard, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
"While other teens party in the sun, loner Auden spends her time roaming the streets after everyone else is asleep. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 3 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1947, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bohemian",
"boho",
"counterculturist",
"deviant",
"enfant terrible",
"free spirit",
"heretic",
"iconoclast",
"individualist",
"lone ranger",
"lone wolf",
"maverick",
"nonconformer",
"nonconformist"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175905",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lonesome":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": causing a feeling of loneliness":[
"the empty house seemed so lonesome"
],
": lone":[],
": remote , unfrequented":[
"look down, look down that lonesome road",
"\u2014 Gene Austin"
],
": sad or dejected as a result of lack of companionship or separation from others":[
"don't be lonesome while we are gone"
],
": self":[
"sat all by his lonesome"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He was lonesome for his family.",
"The empty house seemed so lonesome .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fort Solis features the vocal talents of Troy Baker as a medical officer in the titular fort, where something horrible is happening on a lonesome planet where assistance is not close at hand. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"The lonesome death of the iPod might seem long overdue. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"Discovered by former editor-in-chief Csaba Csere in the 1980s after the section of Sierra High-way previously used for testing became too busy, the road remains lonesome . \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The new novel opens with Bix Bouton taking a lonesome walk. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The song is pulled together by \u2014 what else",
"For an extra five grand, there\u2019s a two-burner induction cooktop and a sink, for those lonesome nights out on the range with the dogies. \u2014 John Seabrook, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Now that the once-private, lonesome pursuit of long-distance running is an increasingly public exercise, there\u2019s more incentive than ever to chronicle our successes and failures for an expectant readership. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 22 Oct. 2021",
"And that has left me in very lonesome spots sometimes. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The problem is this: There are not many dog drivers in the sport these days who can deal with, or want to deal with, the extreme temperatures and long lonesome runs that the Yukon Quest requires. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"Follow-up images show Kardashian posing by her lonesome , as others see the mother of one on the red carpet for the premiere event. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The vibe was chatty, convivial, and most of all crowded\u2014a pointed rejoinder to last year\u2019s lonesome , COVID-era solo performance by the Weeknd. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022",
"As the name suggests, this event features a single, female participant tasked with quickly navigating a sled down the windy, icy track all by her lonesome . \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 5 Feb. 2022",
"But the real killer might be Fresno State wedged between the journey to the high lonesome and the season finale at Nevada \u2014 three games in six days in three different states and two at elevation. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Many of the most important Western films have, in one way or another, complicated the lonesome -and-noble male archetype. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Jan. 2022",
"May no one reading this ever have to repack a rug and lug it to your local UPS drop-off point all on your lonesome . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The 21st person, who remained stuck on another car by their lonesome , was rescued several hours later. \u2014 Emmett Jones, Fox News , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1899, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u014dn-s\u0259m",
"\u02c8l\u014dn(t)-s\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lonesome Adjective alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
"synonyms":[
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"lonely",
"lorn"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230305",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"long":{
"antonyms":[
"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"blue moon",
"coon's age",
"cycle",
"donkey's years",
"eternity",
"forever",
"months",
"moon"
],
"definitions":{
": a long period of time":[],
": a long syllable":[],
": a size in clothing for tall men":[],
": after or beyond a specified or implied time":[
"didn't stay longer than midnight"
],
": at a point of time far before or after a specified moment or event":[
"was excited long before the big day"
],
": at or to a long distance : far":[
"long -traveled"
],
": bearing a stress or accent":[
"a long syllable"
],
": being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel long in duration":[
"long a in fate",
"long i in sign"
],
": consisting of a greater number or amount than usual : large":[
"was married, and had a long family",
"\u2014 A. T. Quiller-Couch"
],
": containing many items in a series":[
"a long list"
],
": extending beyond what is known":[
"a long guess"
],
": extending far into the future":[
"the thoughts of youth are long , long thoughts",
"\u2014 H. W. Longfellow"
],
": extending for a considerable distance":[
"a long coastline"
],
": extending over a considerable time":[
"a long friendship"
],
": for a considerable distance":[
"threw the ball long"
],
": for or during a long time":[
"long a popular hangout"
],
": for the duration of a specified period":[
"month -long",
"all summer long"
],
": forming the chief linear dimension":[
"the long side of the room"
],
": full-length":[
"long pants"
],
": gist":[],
": having a greater length than breadth : elongated":[],
": having a greater length than desirable or necessary":[
"the column is one line too long"
],
": having a relatively long duration":[],
": having a specified duration":[
"two hours long"
],
": having a specified length":[
"six feet long"
],
": having a specified number of units":[
"300 pages long"
],
": having greater height than usual : tall":[],
": having greater length than usual":[
"a long corridor"
],
": having little time left to do or enjoy something":[
"His grandfather is not long for this world."
],
": having the capacity to reach, extend, or travel a considerable distance":[
"a long left jab",
"tried to hit the long ball"
],
": in or into a long position (as on a market)":[],
": larger or longer than the standard":[
"a long count by the referee"
],
": lasting too long : tedious":[
"a long explanation"
],
": long trousers":[],
": of an unusual degree of difference between the amounts wagered on each side":[
"long odds"
],
": of or relating to the larger amount wagered":[
"take the long end of the bet"
],
": of relatively extended duration":[],
": one taking a long position especially in a security or commodity market":[],
": owning or accumulating securities or goods especially in anticipation of an advance in prices":[
"they are now long on wheat",
"take a long position in steel"
],
": past one's best days : old":[
"She'a a little long in the tooth for those kinds of antics."
],
": payable after a considerable period":[
"a long note"
],
": possessing a high degree or a great deal of something specified : strong":[
"long on common sense"
],
": prolonged beyond the usual time":[
"a long look"
],
": subject to great odds":[
"take a long chance for a large reward",
"\u2014 W. P. Webb"
],
": to be suitable or fitting":[],
": to feel a strong desire or craving especially for something not likely to be attained":[
"they long for peace",
"longing to return home"
],
"Crawford Williamson 1815\u20131878 American surgeon":[],
"Pierce 1893\u20131935 American politician":[
"Hu*ey \\ \u02c8hy\u00fc-\u200b\u0113 \\"
],
"Stephen Harriman 1784\u20131864 American army officer and explorer":[],
"longitude":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The bridge is the longest in the world.",
"We drove a long distance.",
"the long side of the building",
"The whale was 50 feet long .",
"\u201c How long was the race",
"They've had a long and happy marriage.",
"She finds it hard to sit still for long periods of time.",
"The company has a long tradition of serving its customers well.",
"A day is 24 hours long .",
"The team has had a long streak of wins.",
"Adverb",
"The extra food she brought did not last long .",
"They'll have to wait a bit longer .",
"The mall has long been a popular hangout for teenagers.",
"They have long been devoted friends.",
"It's been so long since we've seen each other.",
"It's been much too long since we've seen each other.",
"That meeting was way too long .",
"We had to leave long before we were ready to go.",
"We talked all night long .",
"events that occurred long before the discovery of America",
"Noun",
"they should be here before long"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English long, lang , from Old English; akin to Old High German lang long, Latin longus":"Adjective, Adverb, and Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English langian ; akin to Old High German lang\u0113n to long, Old English lang long":"Verb",
"Middle English, from along ( on ) because (of)":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for long Verb (1) long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
"synonyms":[
"elongate",
"elongated",
"extended",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"lengthy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-120551",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"long (for)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113146",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"long game":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the phase of golf in which distance driving is a factor of first importance \u2014 compare short game":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"In retaliation, the Green Police \u2014 German Nazi officers in long green coats and high boots \u2014 randomly grabbed about 400 Jewish men off the streets during a two-day sweep, ultimately forcing them into trucks and driving off into the night. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"The option would create a mile- long green park with traffic lanes for buses and bicycles. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For their next stop at Abergavenny Market, Kate swapped out her scarf and a casual jacket for a long green coat adorned with a daffodil, the national flower of Wales. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Wearing a long green coat, Williams sports Camilla's signature bob cut. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The ruling by the state Appellate Court is the latest chapter in yearslong legal proceedings over who owns the mile- long green and how to shield it from development that would harm its historic character. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The ruling by the state Appellate Court is the latest chapter in years-long legal proceedings over who owns the mile- long green and how to shield it from development that would harm its historic character. \u2014 Dave Collins, courant.com , 20 Dec. 2021"
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"Although overall spending for the Health and Human Services agency is projected to drop as various pandemic programs are scaled back or eliminated, some elements of pandemic health care will be adopted for the long haul , Macchione said. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"Digital burnout impedes your mental and physical health and compromises career success over the long haul . \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The biggest question for China is whether its tactics for managing prices can hold up over the long haul if inflation becomes endemic world-wide. \u2014 Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
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"Either path could be a long shot , but either could happen, especially depending on the question presented to the Court. \u2014 Andrea Tinianow, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"In an interview earlier that day, Thomas told the Globe that what made the piece a long shot , in his view, was also its core strength. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
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"Girl\u2019s bid is a long shot , considering her opponent is Schiff, the longtime congressman who, as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was one of the key investigators in the impeachment inquiry against former President Trump. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Finishing the Alabama High School Athletic Association season at 15-0 is the ultimate goal, but even the most optimistic coach and player knows that\u2019s usually a long shot . \u2014 al , 24 Aug. 2021"
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"Denizens of the day would pair that with equally roomy, extra- long suit jackets with exaggerated lapels. \u2014 Thal\u00eda Henao, Allure , 3 May 2022",
"If an ample wardrobe is your long suit , the closet here rivals the size of a conventional house \u2014 nearly 2,000 square feet. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 16 Jan. 2021",
"But even if the defenders succeed in setting up a long suit , the defender with the winners must retain an entry to cash them. \u2014 Frank Stewart, The Mercury News , 10 Aug. 2019",
"In any case, bid three spades to show your tolerance for his long suit . \u2014 Frank Stewart, The Mercury News , 9 Sep. 2019",
"When dummy leads a heart at Trick Three, East must rise with his ace to return a club, racing to set up West\u2019s long suit . \u2014 Frank Stewart, The Mercury News , 10 Aug. 2019",
"Transparency about the building plan is not the museum\u2019s long suit . \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 9 July 2019"
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"In the long view , the Celtics are in excellent shape. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Energy economist Verleger has a long view , taking into account the cyclical nature of energy markets and the economy. \u2014 Ronald D. White, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
"Energy economist Verleger has a long view , taking into account the cyclical nature of energy markets and the economy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Throughline\u2019s magisterial three-part miniseries on Afghanistan offers the long view of a country that Americans often treat as a threat, afterthought, or tragedy, particularly after the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. military in 2021. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022",
"Analogous to building the interstate highway system or electrifying the countryside, a transformation of this scale will have to be made with a long view of human needs, rather than the churn of stock prices. \u2014 Kim Phillips-fein, The New Republic , 11 May 2022",
"As for what will constitute success at the World Cup tournament, Berhalter is taking the long view . \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"With Ananda, this meant keeping training sessions compact and taking a long view . \u2014 Outside Online , 14 July 2021",
"If the traditional life cycle of commentary holds, the next stage will urge a long view of history. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The volunteers unloading the military supplies are friends from the Ukrainian film and television industry \u2014 a longhair bunch of cinematographers, gaffers, set decorators and marketing strategists. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s because all cats\u2014 longhair , shorthair, no hair\u2014shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Choco Taco is an absolutely gorgeous 8-year-old longhair chocolate point Siamese kitty who found herself in a sad predicament after being abandoned at the Arizona Humane Society, along with two other cats. \u2014 Arizona Republic Contributors, The Arizona Republic , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The longhair man crossed an empty street and, in a swift yet calm manner, set the corner of a wooden outdoor dining shed ablaze. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Adorable Millie is a 5-year-old domestic longhair tabby who was brought to the Arizona Humane Society a little over a month ago when a Good Samaritan found her as a sick stray and brought her to the shelter. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2021",
"Freed from bureaucratic oversight, the libertarian longhairs of Menlo Park could pursue their utopian dreams to change the world. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Nov. 2019",
"The first Star Wars is a youth movie \u2014 longhairs vs. baldies, parental figures obliviated. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"Amid the longhairs still buzzing over the hippie thing, Ocasek\u2019s half-spoken, coyly ambivalent delivery stood out, and suggested his avowed inspiration, Lou Reed, as channeled through a rockabilly crooner. \u2014 Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2019"
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"The volunteers unloading the military supplies are friends from the Ukrainian film and television industry \u2014 a longhair bunch of cinematographers, gaffers, set decorators and marketing strategists. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s because all cats\u2014 longhair , shorthair, no hair\u2014shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Choco Taco is an absolutely gorgeous 8-year-old longhair chocolate point Siamese kitty who found herself in a sad predicament after being abandoned at the Arizona Humane Society, along with two other cats. \u2014 Arizona Republic Contributors, The Arizona Republic , 21 Aug. 2021",
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"Adorable Millie is a 5-year-old domestic longhair tabby who was brought to the Arizona Humane Society a little over a month ago when a Good Samaritan found her as a sick stray and brought her to the shelter. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2021",
"Freed from bureaucratic oversight, the libertarian longhairs of Menlo Park could pursue their utopian dreams to change the world. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Nov. 2019",
"The first Star Wars is a youth movie \u2014 longhairs vs. baldies, parental figures obliviated. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"Amid the longhairs still buzzing over the hippie thing, Ocasek\u2019s half-spoken, coyly ambivalent delivery stood out, and suggested his avowed inspiration, Lou Reed, as channeled through a rockabilly crooner. \u2014 Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2019"
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"As a magazine publisher familiar with the travails of manual typesetting and longhand bookkeeping, the Brand of the early 1980s found word processors and spreadsheets the most immediately mind-blowing feature of PCs. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"The technology on hand doesn\u2019t seem to extend much beyond VHS, and Argento\u2019s stubborn scribe writes in longhand on legal pads or on an ancient small green typewriter. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The Virgo author, a former PEN America president, learned to read at three; writes novels in longhand on legal pads before typing into a computer; is a cat rescuer/fosterer and gardener/composter; is the fourth Shelf Lifer who was a Jeopardy! \u2014 ELLE , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, they\u2019re told to tell their supervisor verbally what happened or write it longhand . \u2014 Jason Dearen, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Instead, they\u2019re told to tell their supervisor verbally what happened or write it longhand . \u2014 Jason Dearen, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Bowles was disciplined about her writing, done in longhand on legal pads at her desk with a view of the bay. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Resettled in the capital, Souter did his best to live without fuss, to jog, to eat his apples, core and all, to write longhand by natural light. \u2014 Joshua Prager, CNN , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Write longhand , stream of consciousness, without editing. \u2014 Janine Maclachlan, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"They looked with longing toward freedom.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The song exuded passion and one\u2019s longing for their true love. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 26 May 2022",
"For Calle, desire\u2014in the Freudian sense of longing for what is not there\u2014was a generative formal constraint. \u2014 Lili Owen Rowlands, The New Yorker , 17 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s comedy, drama, documentary, and lots and lots of historical romance full of longing glances followed by intense make-out sessions. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 7 June 2022",
"The compulsive tapping of a heart on Instagram or Twitter, of counting hearts or likes, may hold deep significance, symbolising a longing for our hearts to be touched and to touch the hearts of others. \u2014 Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
"Bridgerton's second season is an eight-episode Regency romp full of longing glances, glorious jewels, and yes, drugs. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Dando\u2019s songs are saturated with a kind of directionless longing \u2014a troubling, inescapable sense that there\u2019s more out there for him. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Illuminated in the blue glow of bubbling water and artificial light, the two women slowly registered each other with puzzlement, hostility and abject longing . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"MoBo had plenty of love songs \u2014 most dealt with unrequited love, pining after someone and the pains of being rejected or longing from a distance. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 14 Feb. 2022"
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"In one, the tentacles of a kraken envelop a Viking longship . \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Ford was working at a standing desk, with a model of a longship resting among three screens. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In the reliefs above the tombs, an angel casts incense to the Hebridean winds and a b\u00ecrlinn, or Highland galley, sets sail, hauntingly similar to a Viking longship . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Your average on-foot march, horse ride, or longship charge through the Dark Ages will include some form of organic interruption. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 10 Nov. 2020",
"In the horrific onslaught, those not killed outright are taken away in longships . \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Step aboard restored Viking longships in Oslo, and listen to Viking lore that has been passed down through the centuries. \u2014 National Geographic , 10 Sep. 2019",
"The newest cruise ships, known as longships , are essentially floating hotels, almost 450 feet long and able to accommodate several hundred guests. \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 11 June 2019",
"Tour Viking longship replica in Geneva A Viking warship replica will be open for tours from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Good Templar Park in Geneva. \u2014 Joy Davis, Aurora Beacon-News , 12 July 2018"
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"All of a sudden everyone talks like a longshoreman . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
"His father, Aniello, was a longshoreman ; his mother, Lucy (Esposito) Pignatano, was a seamstress. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"That's fitting for the son of a Baltimore longshoreman . \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Mar. 2022",
"By his twentieth birthday, having discovered that he wasn\u2019t cut out for the back-breaking life of a longshoreman or stevedore, P.J. tried his hand as a brass finisher at an East Boston machine shop. \u2014 Neal Thompson, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022",
"His dad, also named Fred Hughes, was a longshoreman at the Port of Oakland and the family lived in Harbor Homes, public housing built by the federal government during World War II. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Feb. 2022",
"However, the longshoreman nurtured in the boy the fascination that would propel him to greatness. \u2014 Alex Miller, Wired , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The former longshoreman died of lung disease in 1992. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Jan. 2022",
"A few years ago, Jimmy Petrocelli, a third-generation longshoreman who has been coming to the chapel for 43 years, had a worker in his shop who lost a hand while changing cables on a crane 180 feet above the dock. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2021"
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": a common weasel ( Mustela frenata ) found from southern Canada to northern South America often near water that is an aggressive carnivore feeding chiefly on rodents and other small mammals, is brown above and white to yellowish below in summer and in its northern range usually white in winter, and ranges in length from 15 to 23 inches (38 to 58.4 centimeters) long including a black-tipped tail that is usually 3 \u00bd to 6 \u00bd (9 to 16.5 centimeters) inches long":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jock and others say their operations are approved by the longhouse , a traditional community, political and spiritual institution. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Ports of call are often Indigenous villages such as Kasaan, where guests visit the last Haida longhouse in the United States. \u2014 Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The family was honored at the tribes\u2019 annual Christmas Celebration on Dec. 24 in the Tribes\u2019 longhouse . \u2014 Wil Phinney, oregonlive , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Researchers believe the presence of the large longhouse could indicate how wealthy and important Gjellestad was during the Viking era. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Every villa features a butler, and the spa is styled after a traditional longhouse designed as a small stilted village at the heart of the resort. \u2014 Jim Dobson, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The artifacts were buried in a longhouse by an Iron Age chieftain, revealing that Vindelev was a center of power at the time, the museum added. \u2014 CNN , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Interior additions were made to the longhouse ; like additional seating and sleeping structures and an outdoor kitchen and cooking area with seating there for programming purposes. \u2014 Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com , 9 July 2021",
"Bobby Begay\u2019s immediate family gathered at the longhouse in Celilo Village, a town of only 16 homes overlooking the mighty Columbia River, to begin the ritual of saying goodbye. \u2014 Brooke Herbert, oregonlive , 1 Apr. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the long view , the Celtics are in excellent shape. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Energy economist Verleger has a long view , taking into account the cyclical nature of energy markets and the economy. \u2014 Ronald D. White, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
"Energy economist Verleger has a long view , taking into account the cyclical nature of energy markets and the economy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Throughline\u2019s magisterial three-part miniseries on Afghanistan offers the long view of a country that Americans often treat as a threat, afterthought, or tragedy, particularly after the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. military in 2021. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022",
"Analogous to building the interstate highway system or electrifying the countryside, a transformation of this scale will have to be made with a long view of human needs, rather than the churn of stock prices. \u2014 Kim Phillips-fein, The New Republic , 11 May 2022",
"As for what will constitute success at the World Cup tournament, Berhalter is taking the long view . \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"With Ananda, this meant keeping training sessions compact and taking a long view . \u2014 Outside Online , 14 July 2021",
"If the traditional life cycle of commentary holds, the next stage will urge a long view of history. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 Stephanie LaVergne",
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"\u2014 Meredith Cohn",
"Ceresa is one of a growing number of COVID-19 survivors with serious symptoms that last far beyond the acute infection with the virus. Some of these patients, often referred to as ' long-haulers ' or people with long COVID-19 \u2026 are receiving treatment at \u2026 clinics like the one at Mount Sinai.",
"\u2014 Kevin Loria",
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"\u2014 Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alexa, Prasad said, also has human-like reasoning \u2013 the ability to use short-term context available in the moment, and long-term memory accumulated over years of experience. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 23 June 2022",
"And a region connected to enjoying being around humans is also present in human DNA, where it is associated with long-term memory . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Nostalgia is a special form of long-term memory that activates reward pathways in the brain along with memory regions. \u2014 Catherine Franssen For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 18 Nov. 2021"
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"In the United States, the lone star tick , found predominantly in the Southeast, has been identified as the vector. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
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"Llamas and chickies hatching are cute, but the animal that stole our hearts this year was a chunky, white-and-brown-flecked longhorn chilling in the Breed Row Barn. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Two days into his first training camp, Adams had a broken foot, an injury that required surgery to insert a screw in the long bone on the outside of the foot that connects to the little toe. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 18 Mar. 2021",
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"definitions":{
": a large pollution-resistant plane ( Platanus acerifolia ) often planted as a street tree that is a hybrid between an Eurasian plane ( P. orientalis ) and the American sycamore ( P. occidentalis )":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002555"
},
"longueur":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dull and tedious portion (as of a book)":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u022f\u014b-\u02c8g\u0259r",
"l\u014d\u207f-\u02c8g\u0153r"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like that Chopin ballade, a good routine has light and shade, fast sections and longueurs . \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2020",
"This enthusiasm is a blessing for the longueurs to come, as one by one the cast spins out the inscrutable tale of the annual Jellicle Ball, when all the street cats of London convene to dance and sing. \u2014 Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Sitting through the longueurs of Simon\u2019s book shouldn\u2019t have to be the penitential price for our enjoyment of the musical portion of the show. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 23 June 2018",
"And even with its longueurs , the book is full of wonder. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 18 Oct. 2017",
"Fortunately, the novel\u2019s exciting ending helps to compensate for its longueurs . \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Sep. 2017",
"A lot of the material is thus delivered semi-impromptu, with all the stutters and longueurs that entails. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 10 Aug. 2017",
"Running at about two and a half hours, An Octoroon retains The Octoroon's plot contrivances, and stretches that should resonate viscerally\u2014including a stark reminder of real-life unspeakable evil\u2014have dampened impact as a result of its longueurs . \u2014 Dan Jakes, Chicago Reader , 2 Aug. 2017",
"Departure might be further impelled by the production\u2019s longueurs as Arden and his actors mistake non-expression for \u201950s-era British reserve. \u2014 Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com , 15 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, length":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1791, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002659"
},
"long particular meter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an iambic hymn meter of six four-foot lines to the stanza":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004053"
},
"longbow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hand-drawn wooden bow held vertically and used especially by medieval English archers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccb\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then there are recurve bows with curved tips that create more energy than the longbow . \u2014 Patrick Cooke, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s the longbow like the English used to shoot, a D-shaped design, very simple thing. \u2014 Patrick Cooke, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The Iceman\u2019s survival gear included a longbow of yew, a quiver of arrows, a copper ax and a kind of crude first-aid kit full of plants with powerful pharmacological properties. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"On Bob\u2019s 12th birthday, his parents gave him his first real bow, a Ben Pearson lemonwood longbow . \u2014 David Howard, Popular Mechanics , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Here, Spink walks us through how to make a 68-inch Native American longbow . \u2014 Andrew Del-colle, Popular Mechanics , 16 Aug. 2020",
"The English longbow was a powerful medieval weapon said to be able to pierce an opponent's armor and may have been a decisive factor in several key military victories, most notably the Battle of Agincourt. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 May 2020",
"Historians continue to debate just how effective the longbow was in battle. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 May 2020",
"An appreciation for the graceful shape of a recurve or longbow is intuitive in people of all ages and instills the urge to brace an arrow and let one fly. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004345"
},
"long-leaved pine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": longleaf pine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u022f\u014b-\u02ccl\u0113v(d)-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1765, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005803"
},
"long-legged bat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small brown bat ( Myotis volans ) of western North America":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011335"
},
"Lone Star":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": texas":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from the Lone Star state, nickname for Texas; from the single star of its flag":""
