Plural of long
regular plural
The plural of long is longs.
Forms of long
| Singular | long /lɒŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | longs |
| Countable | countable |
Longs in a sentence
- Every uptick made the longs cheer.
- Likewise, if borrowers prefer to sell short-maturity issues at the time lenders prefer to invest in longs, as is the case when interest rates are expected to fall, longer maturity issues will tend to yield less than shorter maturity issues.1977, Jerome B. Cohen, Edward D. Zinbarg, Arthur Zeikel, Guide to Intelligent Investing, →OCLC, page 203
- He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.From the entry backed
- Humanity longs for another species with comparable intelligence.2025 October 14, Catherine Thorbecke, “China’s AI Dragons Must Survive ‘Involution’ to Conquer the World”, in Bloomberg, Bloomberg L.P.. From the entry view
- Have you ever met an Al Bundy in your life (someone who longs for the glory days of high school)?2018 March 16, Menace117, “Have you ever met an Al Bundy in your life (someone who longs for the glory days of high school)?”, in reddit.com. From the entry Al Bundy
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 plural of long
- What is the plural of long?
- The plural of long is longs.
- Is long countable?
- Long is a countable noun.
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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