Long Time

Definition: Long Time

Long Time

Noun

1. A prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Long Time

Diuturnity

Noun: diuturnity; a long time, a length of time; an age, a century, an eternity; slowness; perpetuity; blue moon, coon's age, dog's age.

Adverb: long; for a long time, for an age, for ages, for ever so long, for many a long day; long ago; (in a past time); longo intervallo.

Earliness

Suddenly; (instantaneously); before one can say "Jack Robinson", at short notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; at once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil; straight, straightway, straightforth; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly.

The Past

Adverb: paleo-; archaeo-; formerly; of old, of yore; erst, whilom, erewhile, time was, ago, over; in the olden time; Noun: anciently, long ago, long since; a long while, a long time ago; years ago, yesteryear, ages ago; some time ago, some time since, some time back.

Crosswords: Long Time

God, it's been a long time since anybody asked me that (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

That was a long time ago. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

No thanks -- I jumped out that window a long time ago. (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur)

The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, all of it, and I never really got it back (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

For some reason, I can remember Haku from a long time ago but I thought I never met him before (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi; writing credit: Cindy Davis Hewitt; Donald H. Hewitt)

And Lord, I've been a long time gone (Long Time Gone; performing artist: Dixie Chicks)

And I think it's gonna be a long long time (Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time); performing artist: Elton John)

It’s been a long time (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah)

A long, long time ago. (At The Stars; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

I know you from a long time ago, baby (YOU BELONG TO ME; performing artist: CARLY SIMON)

I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn't have any patients. (references; author: unknown)

RKO Screenliner: Long Time No See (1954)

Vietnam Long Time Coming (1998)

Gift Long Time a Coming (1996)

Long Time Comin' (1993)

Tomorrow Is A Long Time (performing artist: Ian & Sylvia)

Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time (medley) (performing artist: The Spinners)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Dark Encounters (Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 2) (reference)

• Doomworld (Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1) (reference)

• Long Time No See [BARGAIN PRICE] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Long Time Since (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Long Time Ago - Copland / Dawn Upshaw & Thomas Hampson (reference)

• Long Time a Comin' Story So Far (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Urlaubs-bekanntschaft. In �"sterreich gibt es so lange keine Kinderlähmung,.... : [Vacation acquaintance. In Austria there has been no infantile paralysis for a long time,...]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

For a long time neither of them spoke. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mr. L.L. Cook, long time resident of Heard County, runs a gas station in the once prosperous town of Texas, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There are great and apparent conjectures, says he, that these men, speaking of those of Peru, for a long time had neither kings nor commonwealths, but lived in troops, as they do this day in Florida, the Cheriquanas, those of Brazil, and many other nations, which have no certain kings, but as occasion is offered, in peace or war, they choose their captains as they please, 1. (Second Treatise of Government)

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A long time, is not it, for a cold to hang upon her

As he made his cassock last a very long time, in order that it might not be perceived, he never went out into the city without his violet doublet

He was a long time before he got to the top.

Young Tom stared for a long time at the ragged willow beside the dry horse trough, at the concrete base where the pump had been

The General came into the same opinion, so that for a long time there was a majority against you.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Lasting a long time. Chronic diseases develop slowly. (references)

Extra snacks are necessary if your schedule results in a long time between meals. (references)

After surgery, a patient must be monitored for a long time for increasing GH levels. (references)

Business

For a long time, the Swedish option has been sorting at the source. (references)

While a year sounds like an extraordinarily long time to devote to finding a partner, in the long run, it may be money well spent. (references)

Several of the largest players have been doing business for a long time and interviews indicated that they have a good reputation with their customers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Singapore

In April one long time public school teacher who is a Jehovah's Witness resigned after being threatened with dismissal (and disciplinary action) for refusing to participate in singing the national anthem. (references)

Economic History

Japan

It can take a long time to obtain a patent in Japan. (references)

Bulgaria

Bulgarian buildings are energy inefficient, heavy, and take a long time to build. (references)

Human Rights

Cameroon

In his report, U.N. Special Rapporteur Rodley noted that the Government increasingly was moving toward punishing offenders, but that "some of those incriminated act out of ignorance and others out of pure habit, for they have regularly acted that way for a long time without fear of any consequences." Pretrial detainees sometimes were required, under threat of abuse, to pay so-called "cell fees," essentially a bribe to the prison guards to prevent further abuse. (references)

Political Economy

Bulgaria

Following the removal of long time communist leader Todor Zhivkov in 1989, Bulgaria has been a parliamentary republic ruled by a democratically elected government. (references)

URUGUAY

To protect Uruguay's important livestock industry, imports of bull semen and embryos also face certain numerical limitations and must comply with animal health requirements, a process that can take a long time. (references)

Trade

Kenya

Kenyan business has, for a long time, been overregulated. (references)

Mexico

They are used for products whose production takes a long time. (references)

New Zealand

Open account purchase agreements are quite common among long time trading partners. (references)

Worker Rights

Honduras

Union formation and contract negotiation can take an extremely long time. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "long time": a good long time ♦ a long time ♦ a long time ago ♦ an unaccountably long time ♦ Bleeding that lasts a long time ♦ for a long time ♦ good long time ♦ in no long time ♦ last a long time ♦ lie a long time ♦ long time ago ♦ quite a long time ♦ since a long time ago ♦ take a long time ♦ taking a long time. Additional references.

Afrikaans

lank (a long time, for a long time, long), geruime tyd (a long time, for a long time, long). (various references)

Albanian

për një kohë të gjatë (for a long time, permanently), një kohë të gjatë (for a long time). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ردح. (various references)

Bulgarian 

отдавна (far ago, for a long time, long ago, long since). (various references)

Chinese 

長期 (long term). (various references)

Czech

ležet dlouho (lie a long time), nadlouho (for a long time), dlouho (for a long time, long). (various references)

Danish

under langtids-krybeproevning undergaar karbiderne aendringer,der viser sig som en forandring af deres form (changes have occurred in the carbides which have resulted in a change of shape, during the long time creep rupture test), strukturaendringer efter langtidspaavirkning ved forhoejede temperaturer (structural changes after long time stressing at high temperatures), stationaer indeslutning (long time confinement, steady state confinement). (various references)

Dutch

langdurige proeven (long time tests), langdurig (at great length, for a long time, prolonged, protracted), lang (at great length, for a long time, lanky, long, of high stature, of long standing, prolonged, protracted, tall), voor lange týd (at great length, for a long time), vanouds (for a long time), structuurveranderingen na langdurig belasten bij hoge temperatuur (structural changes after long time stressing at high temperatures), stationaire opsluiting (long time confinement, steady state confinement), staande opsluiting (long time confinement, steady state confinement), sinds lang (for a long time), proeven op lange termijn (long time tests), kruipgedrag over langere periode (long time creep), gedurende lange týd (at great length, for a long time), de ontwikkeling van doeltreffende pijpspanners heeft relatief veel tijd gekost,maar tegenwoordig,nu over de gehele wereld zo'n vijftig pijpspanner zijn vervaardigd,wordt deze techniek betrouwbaar geacht (after the manufacture of approximately fifty pipe tensioners around the world, but today, the development of effective pipe tensioners has required a relatively long time, the technique is considered to be reliable), allang (for a long time). (various references)

Esperanto

longetempe (at great length, for a long time), longe (far, for a long time, long), delonge (for a long time). (various references)

Finnish

taannoin (not a very long time ago), stationäärinen koossapito (long time confinement, steady state confinement), pitkästä aikaa (after a long time, after all this time), pitkän ajan (for a long time, pitkäksi aikaa), odottaa kauan (wait a long time), kauan (a long time, long), jatkuva koossapito (long time confinement, steady state confinement), ei pitkään aikaan (not for a long time). (various references)

French

longtemps (a long time, for a long time, long, long standing). (various references)

German

lange (a long time, for a long time, lanky, long). (various references)

Greek 

κατά την διάρκεια των δοκιμών θραύσης από ερπυσμό,τα καρβίδια υφίστανται τροποποιήσεις οι οποίες εκδηλώνονται με αλλαγές της μορφολογίας (during the long time creep rupture test), στατικός περιορισμός πλάσματος (long time confinement, steady state confinement), πολύς καιρός (a long time), δομικές μεταβολές μετά από καταπόνηση μακράς διάρκειας σε υψηλές θερμοκρασίες (structural changes after long time stressing at high temperatures). (various references)

Hungarian

hosszú ideig (for a long time, for long, long). (various references)

Indonesian

menanti-nanti (look forward to, wait a long time, wait on and on), berpanjangan (for a long time, in the long run). (various references)

Italian

molto tempo (for a long time, long). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

長年 (many years), 長らく (long), 千載 (millennium, perpetuity, thousand years), 永年 (many years), 永らく (long), 久方振り (many days), 久久 (many days), 久々 (many days), 一�" (ages, decade, the past ten years). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ながね�" (many years), ながらく (long), ひさびさ (many days), ひさかたぶり (many days), ひとむかし (ages, decade, the past ten years), せ�"ざい (decoction, detergent, dormancy, garden, latency, millennium, perpetuity, potentiality, pre-existence, thousand years, trees and flowers in a garden, washing material), えいね�" (many years). (various references)

Malagasy

ela. (various references)

Pig Latin

onglay imetay.(various references)

Polish

długo (a long time, for a long time, long). (various references)

Portuguese

há muito tempo (langsyne, long since). (various references)

Romanian

o bunã bucatã de vreme (a good long time, a good while), cu mult timp înainte (a long time ago). (various references)

Russian 

долгосрочный (long term, long-term, longtime, long-time). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

veoma dugo (time: for a long time), poodavno (long time ago), odavno (age: for ages, lang syne, long ago, long since, long: a long time ago, old: of old, yore), dugo (time: for a long time). (various references)

Spanish

modificaciones estructurales de solicitaciones de larga duración a temperaturas elevadas (structural changes after long time stressing at high temperatures), hace mucho tiempo (long ago, long time ago), en el curso de las pruebas de rotura por termofluencia los carburos experimentan modificaciones que se manifiestan por una evolución de su forma (changes have occurred in the carbides which have resulted in a change of shape, during the long time creep rupture test), el desarrollo de tensores efectivos para conducciones ha requerido un tiempo relativamente largo, pero actualmente, despues de la construccion y puesta a punto de aproximadamente cincuenta tensor es en todo el mundo, la tecnica se considera fiable (after the manufacture of approximately fifty pipe tensioners around the world, but today, the development of effective pipe tensioners has required a relatively long time, the technique is considered to be reliable), deformación retardada a largo plazo (long time creep), confinamiento estacionario (long time confinement, steady state confinement). (various references)

Swedish

länge (a long time, for a long time, long), räcka länge (last a long time). (various references)

Turkish

uzun zaman (ages, long), uzun süre (ages, donkey's years, heaps of time, long, long term). (various references)

Ukrainian

давно (away, far, long, long ago, long since, long time ago). (various references)

Welsh

yrhawg (for a long time), rhawg (for a long time), er ys talwm (for a long time, long ago). (various references)

Wolof

y� gg (to last a long time). (various references)

diu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: longtime.

-1 letter: emoting, lentigo, melting, mitogen, molting.

-2 letters: eloign, entoil, gentil, gimlet, legion, lomein, loment, melton, meting, mingle, moline, molten, motile, oilmen, tiglon, tingle, toeing, toling.

-3 letters: elint, eloin, gemot, genom, gimel, glime, glint, gnome, golem, ingle, ingot, inlet, legit, lemon, lento, limen, lingo, longe, melon, monie, monte, motel, olein, teloi, tigon, tinge, toile.

-4 letters: emit.

+1 letter: molesting.

+2 letters: completing.

+3 letters: amblygonite, complecting, dislodgment, ligamentous, meliorating, moonlighted, moonlighter, overmelting, terminology.

+4 letters: amblygonites, ameliorating, demodulating, demonologist, dislodgement, dislodgments, entomologies, entomologist, enzymologist, legitimation, magniloquent, metabolizing, metalworking, mineralogist, moonlighters, multimegaton, multipronged, nematologies, nematologist, nonalignment, numerologist, steamrolling.

+5 letters: agglomerating, agglomeration, complementing, complimenting, conglomeratic, contemplating, demonologists, dislodgements, entomological, entomologists, enzymologists, etymologising, etymologizing, galactosamine, galvanometric, helminthology, legitimations, lightsomeness, longanimities, megalopolitan, metalworkings, methemoglobin, milliroentgen, mineralogists, multimegatons, multiregional, nematological, nematologists, nonalignments, numerologists, onomatologies, paleomagnetic, reformulating, sedimentology, somersaulting, telecommuting, temporalizing, terminologies, troublemaking.