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My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.
Buffalo Bill

Meaning of "longer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LONGER

longer  [ˈlɒŋɡə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONGER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Longer is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LONGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Longer

"Longer" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. The song can be found on Fogelberg's 1979 album Phoenix. It was also included on his 1982 greatest hits album as well as various other retrospective and compilation recordings. Fogelberg, who had released more rock-oriented songs throughout the 1970s, jokingly described "Longer" in the liner notes to one of his retrospective albums as "the song that put me on the elevators." He wrote the song while vacationing in Maui, "lounging in a hammock one night and looking up at the stars. It just seems this song was drifting around the universe, saw me, and decided I'd give it a good home." Accompanying Fogelberg's vocals is an acoustic guitar as well as a flugelhorn solo by Jerry Hey. Lyrically, the song compares various events with his emotional attachment to the one he loves.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LONGER


anger
ˈæŋɡə
araponga
ˌærəˈpɒŋɡə
conga
ˈkɒŋɡə
conger
ˈkɒŋɡə
donga
ˈdɒŋɡə
finger
ˈfɪŋɡə
Ganga
ˈɡʌŋɡə
hunger
ˈhʌŋɡə
linger
ˈlɪŋɡə
longa
ˈlɒŋɡə
manga
ˈmæŋɡə
Mpumalanga
mˈpʌmɑːlɑːŋɡə
nihonga
nɪˈhɒŋɡə
Rarotonga
ˌrɛərəˈtɒŋɡə
sangar
ˈsʌŋɡə
tanga
ˈtæŋɡə
tonga
ˈtɒŋɡə
Tsonga
ˈtsɒŋɡə
wonga
ˈwɒŋɡə
Zamboanga
ˌzæmbəʊˈæŋɡə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONGER

longboard
longboat
longbow
longbowman
longbowmen
longcase clock
longcloth
longe
longed-for
longeron
longevity
longevous
Longfellow
Longford
longhair
longhand
longhead
longhorn
longhorn cattle

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONGER

balladmonger
belonger
cheesemonger
costermonger
fishmonger
fleshmonger
gossipmonger
ironmonger
monger
no longer
not for much longer
prolonger
scandalmonger
scaremonger
singer
sponger
starmonger
tonger
warmonger
whoremonger
wronger

Synonyms and antonyms of longer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LONGER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «longer» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of longer

Translation of «longer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONGER

Find out the translation of longer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of longer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «longer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

比较久
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mucho tiempo
570 millions of speakers

English

longer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أْطوَلُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дольше
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mais tempo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plus longtemps
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lebih lama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

länger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

より長く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더 길게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maneh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lâu hơn nữa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uzun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

più a lungo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dłużej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

довше
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mai mult
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μακρύτερα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

längre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lenger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of longer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONGER»

The term «longer» is very widely used and occupies the 2.040 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONGER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «longer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «longer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about longer

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10 QUOTES WITH «LONGER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word longer.
1
Diane Abbott
My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.
2
Adele
I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred.
3
Stanley Baldwin
Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.
4
Jason Bateman
My goal is to get another 30 years out of this business. So I need to figure out the fuel to do that. And so far, I think it's respect and quality and company, not celebrity or box office or stardom. It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it.
5
E. T. Bell
The longer mathematics lives the more abstract - and therefore, possibly also the more practical - it becomes.
6
Howard Berman
The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.
7
Buffalo Bill
My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.
8
David Josiah Brewer
Neighbor is no longer confined to the vocabulary of the individual. It is a national word. Modern inventions have annihilated distance. Commercial relations have broken down barriers of race and religion, and the family of nations is a recognized fact.
9
James L. Buckley
It would seem, therefore, that this constitutional safeguard may no longer serve its original purpose, especially when, as we learned last year, some acts of perjury may now be acceptable - in this world, at least, if not the next.
10
Lee Byung-hun
Hollywood has a longer pre-production period and they juggle shooting schedules more carefully for each cast. In Korea, we shoot day and night without much break.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONGER»

Discover the use of longer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to longer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Let Me Hold You Longer
"Let Me Hold You Longer" is a heartwarming reminder of the precious process of growing up and the joys of watching it happen.
Karen Kingsbury, 2004
2
No Longer at Ease
Showing a man lost in cultural limbo, and a Nigeria entering a new age of disillusionment, No Longer at Ease concludes Achebe's remarkable trilogy charting three generations of an African community under the impact of colonialism, the first ...
Chinua Achebe, 2013
3
The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer: The Surprising, ...
Author Jonny Bowden looks at what he calls “The Four Horsemen of Aging”—free radicals, inflammation, glycation, and stress—and shows how they can harm your health and shorten your life.
Jonny Bowden, 2010
4
No Longer Human
Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings.
Osamu Dazai, 1973
5
Longer Lasting Products: Alternatives To The Throwaway Society
In this provocative book, the creation of product durability and the design of longer-lasting products emerge as an absolutely vital element in the pursuit of sustainability.
Dr Tim Cooper, 2012
6
No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite ...
The book's analysis is based on data provided by the National Survey of College Experience, collected from more than nine thousand students who applied to one of ten selective colleges between the early 1980s and late 1990s.
Thomas J. Espenshade, Alexandria Walton Radford, 2009
7
Live Better, Longer: The Science Behind the Amazing Health ...
All of the important information Dr. Passwater has gathered over several decades is included in this enlightening book so that reader's can put these discoveries to use now to live better, longer.
Richard A. Passwater, 2007
8
No Longer a Dilly Dally
The Dilly Dally family likes to play first, but after barely surviving a hard winter they realize that the Work Play family's way makes more sense.
Carl Sommer, 1996
9
Recipes for Longer Life
Those new to "living " foods will be pleasantly surprised by the delicious variety that awaits them; those already familiar with this form of nourishment will find this volume indispensable.
Ann Wigmore, 1982
10
The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View
Traces the links between the origin of capitalism and globalization, ecological degradation and the current agricultural crisis.
Ellen Meiksins Wood, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONGER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term longer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greece no longer in default - Sky News
The International Monetary Fund says Greece is no longer in default on its loans after remitting about two billion euros ($A2.93 billion) to make ... «Sky News Australia, Jul 15»
2
Tennessee death row inmates' attorneys no longer want executioner …
In a notice filed after business hours on Friday, attorney Kelley Henry states the executioner's testimony is no longer needed because of ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
3
Subprime Auto-Loan Titan Defends Longer Terms as New Normal …
The man who created one of the biggest U.S. subprime lenders says there's nothing dangerous about borrowers being given longer car loans. «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
The List of Presidential Assassination Attempts Is Shockingly Longer
This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was ... «TIME, Jul 15»
5
Datsyuk injury rehab taking longer than expected | ProHockeyTalk
Via MLive and Puck Daddy, the 37-year-old told SVT.se that the rehabilitation time has proven to be considerably longer than first thought. «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
6
Motorola says its new Moto Hint Bluetooth earpiece lasts longer and …
The Moto Hint Bluetooth headset, introduced last year alongside the new Moto X, was a tiny and comfortable way to take calls without using ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
7
Rose Namajunas not keen on rematch with Ansaroff, but no longer
“Obviously, time is not unlimited, but it is longer for me, and I feel like everything is happening at the right time it's supposed to,” she said. «MMAjunkie.com, Jul 15»
8
'FAI wanted me to sign a longer deal' says O'Neill - Independent.ie
"I have to say that John wanted me to commit longer," said O'Neill. "We want to qualify. I was the one who said, 'Let's see this competition and ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
Microsoft Hyperlapse now allows longer video clips, works on older …
Along with extended handset support, Hyperlapse on Windows Phone now has an increased video recording limit (for longer clips) and tweaks ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
10
No longer running, Reid refunds $864K to donors | Las Vegas …
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is returning $864,226 to campaign donors, money he can no longer keep legally after announcing he is ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»

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