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long for

long for adjective: likely to remain for a long time.

Adjective

long for (not comparable)

  1. likely to remain for a long time
    • I asked the doctor if I was long for this world
    • But it doesn't matter, because Roxie's not long for this town. As soon as her mother's better, she'll be on her way to Paris.2009, Karen Hawkins, Talk of the Town, page 126

Verb

long for (third-person singular simple present longs for, present participle longing for, simple past and past participle longed for)

  1. (transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
    • He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.
    • Oh how I long for this pandemic to end so we can go dancing again.
    Synonyms:
    salivate over, yearn for, crave for, hanker after, sigh for
  2. (transitive) To miss (someone).
    • “I will stay now, if you bid me,” she replied, as low. “See, I am going to my mother, who longs for me as I for her. I will not go unless you let me.”1888, Tighe Hopkins, For Freedom, volume 2, page 104
    • For some time he had not heard from his consort[…]His heart longed for her and his child.1982, Luise Mühlbach, chapter LIV, in F. Jordan, transl., Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel, page 297

long for meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit

long for in Hindi

to long for, to be infatuated, to desire
मरना marnā

long for in Tamil

பெரிது ஏங்கு, பெரிது விரும்பு

long for in Kannada

ಹಾರಯ್ಸು, ಎಳಸು, ಹಂಬಲಿಸು, ತೇರಯಿಸು

long for in Sanskrit

to long for
लुभ् lubh
More languagesFewer languages
long for in Arabic
اِشْتَاقَ ištāqa

Synonyms of long for

  • salivate over
  • yearn for
  • crave for
  • hanker after
  • sigh for

Forms of long for

third-person singular presentlongs for
present participlelonging for
past participlelonged for
pastlonged for

Questions about long for

What does long for mean?
Long for means likely to remain for a long time.
What is long for in Hindi?
Long for in Hindi is मरना (marnā). See Long for meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is long for?
Long for can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near long for in the dictionary

  1. long finger
  2. long fingers
  3. long firm
  4. long firms
  5. Long Flat
  6. long for
  7. Long Forest
  8. long fuse
  9. long fuses
  10. long game
  11. long games

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: long for (page history and authors); मरना (Hindi) (page history and authors); long for (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); long for (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); लुभ् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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