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long2

 
pronunciation:
lawng [or] lang
part of speech: verb
inflections: longs, longing, longed
definition: If someone longs for something, they want it very deeply, but they can't have it now. If someone longs for another person, they miss that person very much and want to be with them.
The young man longed for excitement and adventure.Mrs. Lewis longed to see her sister again after so many years.
similar words:
ache, aspire, desire, die, hope, sigh, want, wish