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longings

longings is the plural of longing.

Meaning of longing

Noun

longing (plural longings)

  1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
    • all natural lovings and longings1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
  2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.

Questions about longings

What is longings the plural of?
Longings is the plural of longing.

Words near longings in the dictionary

  1. longing off
  2. longing-mark
  3. longing-marks
  4. longingly
  5. longingness
  6. longings
  7. Longinian
  8. Longino
  9. Longinos
  10. longinquity
  11. longintudinally

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