Past tense of long
regular verb
The past tense of long is longed. The past participle is also longed.
Forms of long
| Base form (V1) | long /lɒŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | longed /ˈlɔŋd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | longed /ˈlɔŋd/ |
| Present participle | longing /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | longs |
Longed in a sentence
- She longed for him to come back.
- He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- He avoided being seen gazing at her chest, although he dearly longed to stare.From the entry chest
- He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.From the entry long for
- After weeks of bread and porridge, he longed for something other than stodge.From the entry stodge
Meaning of long
- adjective Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
- adjective Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below).
- adjective Travelling a great distance.
Questions about the past tense of long
- What is the past tense of long?
- The past tense of long is longed.
- What is the past participle of long?
- The past participle of long is longed.
- Is long a regular or irregular verb?
- Long is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: long (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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