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No Longer

Definition: No Longer

No Longer

Adverb

1. Not now; "she is no more".

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


Synonym: No Longer

Synonym: no more (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: still (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: No Longer

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Price

Phrase: no penny no paternoster; point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch.

The Past

Retrospectively; ere now, before now, till now; hitherto, heretofore; no longer; once, once upon a time; from time immemorial, from prehistoric times; in the memory of man; time out of mind; already, yet, up to this time; ex post facto.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: No Longer

Etymologies containing "no longer": Disproperty. (references)

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Modern Usage: No Longer

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We will no longer tolerate and we will no longer be afraid. (Air Force One; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe)

Because of you, I'm no longer an Agent of this system. (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Your evil says you cannot be evil, and I shall suffer for it no longer! (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice)

It's no longer your film. (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

When I'm around you, my mind is no longer my own. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

Lyrics

I love you to the point you can no longer take (Run-Around; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

December songs no longer I sing (December; performing artist: Collective Soul)

A Young Girl's Dream No Longer Hollow (Wide Open Spaces; performing artist: DIXIE CHICKS)

Guns and gates no longer hold you in (Nikita; performing artist: Elton John)

Let it be known, that we will no longer tolerate a (Anarchy Through Capitolism; performing artist: Kottonmouth Kings)

Clever

Too many Christians are no longer fishers of men but keepers of the aquarium. (references; author: unknown)

One good thing about forgetting is that you can no longer worry about what ever it was you forgot. (references; author: unknown)

My aim is that when my hands will work no longer, that the works of my hands will still continue to keep on working. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

No Longer Vanishing (1955)

Lives No Longer Ours (2003)

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)

No Longer Alone (1979)

Beirut Is No Longer Never (1976)

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

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Commercial Usage: No Longer

DomainTitle

Books

  • No Longer Forgotten: The Remarkable Story of Christian Women's Job Corps (reference)

  • To My Child: We May No Longer Live in the Same House, but You're Always in My Heart: A Collection of Poems from Blue Mountain Arts (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Tennis Our Way (booklet no longer included) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

High Tech

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

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Photo Album: No Longer

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown is a culture medium and the hands of a technician. In this recombinant DNA technology, the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus is being cloned in bacteria. Those bacteria that have incorporated the gene are no longer resistant to the antibiotic tetracycline. By growing the bacteria on media that includes tetracycline, the colonies that don't grow are selected (circled in slide). These bacteria have incorporated the gene that is being studied. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Antennal hairs 2 and 3 are very long in Mansonia, usually longer than the flagellar segment, which is no longer than the basalar segment. Credit: CDC.

PATHFINDER chiefs - the year following this picture, crew navy-style uniforms were no longer mandatory for crew and chiefs. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The crew of the PATHFINDER - the year following this picture, crew navy-style uniforms were no longer mandatory for crew and chiefs. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The winch operator is hauling in the cables to close the net. This closes the bottom of the net such that it is now like a purse. The fish no longer have any way to escape. Credit: Fisheries.

Anglers fishing from the fishing barge ANNE B. This barge is no longer in service. Credit: Fisheries.

Flume of PH 1 water from portals no longer in use, Richmond and Lawson, at Iron Mountain Mine. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Secchi disc readings were used to determine turbidity at the reef site on a regular basis. The rope was marked at five foot intervals to determine at what distance the disc could no longer be seen on a horizontal axis. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

A watershed dam in northwest Iowa is completely silted in, from years of soil erosion from land in its watershed. The dam no longer functions to store floodwaters, since its capacity has been lost. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Simultaneous-like he became conscious of the fact that the footlight favorites were no longer worthy of him. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Familiar Quotations: No Longer

AuthorQuotation

Edgar Degas

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art.
One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

Homer

You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A purpose you impart is no longer your own.
What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Peter F. Drucker

Education can no longer be the sole property of the state.

Thomas Szasz

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

Walter Savage Landor

We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: No Longer

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

There is one way more whereby such a government may be dissolved, and that is, when he who has the Supream Executive power, neglects and abandons that charge, so that the laws already made can no longer be put in execution. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

Even manufacture no longer sufficed. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

China, however, will no longer be bound to grant to Germany the advantages or privileges which she allowed Germany under these Arrangements. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: No Longer

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

It could be protracted no longer.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

England no longer existed.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Now, after he had won the crown of martyrdom (though with no longer a head to wear it on), the point might be looked upon as settled.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

When she saw that she could no longer dress her hair, she began to look with hatred on all around her.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

A film still veiled his eyes but they burned no longer.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

I can no longer hold me patient.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Grampa was still the titular head, but he no longer ruled.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

We rowed by my computation about three leagues, till we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labor while we were in the ship.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: No Longer

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

They weaken because they no longer get female hormones. (references)

Resistant bacteria are no longer killed by the antibiotic. (references)

You no longer have to worry about periods or getting pregnant. (references)

Business

Domestic bribes are legally no longer tax-deductible. (references)

Parts manufacturers thus no longer deliver just parts. (references)

Finally, 15% prepayment requirement will no longer be valid. (references)

Children

Brunei

Education is free, compulsory, and universal for 9 years, after those first 9 years, it is still free but no longer compulsory. (references)

Congo

Parents under severe economic hardship no longer can afford to educate both their sons and their daughters, resulting in the withdrawal of many girls from school. (references)

Burma

In some areas in the center of the country, in which few families are able to afford unofficial payments to teachers, teachers generally no longer come to work and schools no longer function. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cote d'Ivoire

Journalists no longer practiced self censorship. (references)

Mauritania

The UNHCR no longer considers them to be refugees. (references)

Guinea-Bissau

The Voice of the Military Junta no longer broadcasts. (references)

Economic History

Australia

Australia no longer has a system of offsets. (references)

Japan

Japan no longer has any free-trade zones or free ports. (references)

Cameroon

There is no longer a bilateral USAID program in Cameroon. (references)

Human Rights

Burma

As prisoners weakened and could no longer work, they were shot. (references)

Canada

Police no longer are authorized to conduct body cavity searches. (references)

Congo

The Government claimed it no longer held any POW's at year's end. (references)

Indigenous People

Taiwan

The sale of Aborigine children into prostitution by their parents reportedly no longer occurs. (references)

Minorities

South Africa

The vast majority of Muslims no longer support PAGAD. (references)

Slovak Republic

The statistical office no longer categorizes Ruthenians and Ukranians as one group. (references)

Political Economy

NICARAGUA

However, that control no longer exists. (references)

Cambodia

The Khmer Rouge no longer is a political or military threat. (references)

TAIWAN

National defense is no longer the largest expenditure category. (references)

Political Rights

Yemen

There no longer are any credible reports that citizen members of religious minorities are not permitted to participate in the political process. (references)

Yemen

Following a constitutional referendum in February, the President no longer has the authority to introduce legislation and promulgate laws by decree when Parliament is not in session. (references)

Brazil

The President no longer may issue MP's that address nationality, citizenship, political rights, legal due process, or the judicial branch, or that change the Constitution or the budget (except under extraordinary circumstances). (references)

Trade

Egypt

Egypt no longer requires import licenses. (references)

Norway

There are no longer any licensing requirements in force. (references)

Portugal

The indication "made in" is no longer accepted in Portugal. (references)

Travel

Qatar

Travel to Qatar is no longer restricted to business - winter tourism has become an attraction in recent years. (references)

Netherlands

Guilder coins and banknotes will be valid for another four weeks, after which they will no longer be legal tender. (references)

Czech Rep

Foreigners are no longer allowed to change their status from tourist to student or worker, or to extend their stay while still in the Czech Republic. (references)

Women

Netherlands

Prostitution is legal, and since 2000 the law no longer treats "organizing the prostitution of somebody else" as a crime when done with the consent of the prostitute. (references)

Saudi Arabia

In 1995 the Ministry of Commerce announced that women would no longer be issued business licenses for work in fields that might require them to supervise foreign workers, interact with male clients, or deal on a regular basis with government officials. (references)

Argentina

A 1999 law expanded the definition of punishable sexual violations beyond forcible intercourse and increased the severity of punishments; in addition, it is no longer possible for an accused rapist to be excused from prosecution by offering to marry the victim. (references)

Worker Rights

Romania

Housing is no longer subsidized. (references)

Namibia

The NUNW and SWAPO are no longer affiliated but remain closely linked. (references)

Brunei

Bangladesh reportedly no longer permits its nationals to work in garment factories in Brunei. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

AGE, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we have no longer the enterprise to commit.

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

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Speeches: No Longer

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George W. Bush

2001-2005The lives of Iraqi citizens would improve dramatically if Saddam Hussein were no longer in power, just as the lives of Afghanistan's citizens improved after the Taliban.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: No Longer

Expressions using "no longer": because it is no longer needed because it's no longer needed become no longer necessary no longer of use no longer pipe no longer dance no longer want no longer young. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translation: No Longer

Language Translations for "no longer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tashmë jo, jo më (no less than). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ليس بعد. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

不再 (no more). (various references)

   

Czech

  

už ne (any). (various references)

   

Danish

  

naar koget af én eller anden grund hoerer op,er der ikke laengere kraftige stroemninger i kernen af blokken (for one reason or another, rimming stops, the axial region of the ingot is no longer the site of strong currents, when), vinavlsareal hvor dyrkningen er opgivet (areas under wine which are no longer cultivated), skønne en pris i den seneste periode for det produkt,der ikke længere eksisterer (to impute a price for an obsolete product which no longer exists in the most recent period), Raadet kan bestemme,at de i artikel l25 omhandlede tilskud skal bortfalde helt eller delvis (the Council may rule that all or part of the assistance referred to in Article l25 shall no longer be granted), kontrakt er ophævet som følge af risikoens bortfald (policy suspended because the risk no longer exists), flydeomraadet hvori spaendingen ikke laengere er en voksende funktion af deformationen (yield-point elongation range in which the stresses are no longer an increasing function of the deformation), bidrag til sociale sikringsordninger,som personer,der ikke er eller ikke længere ved lov er forpligtet til at betale,betaler eller fortsætter med at betale til en social kasse eller fond (contributions which persons who are not, legally obliged to contribute, or who are no longer, pay or continue to pay to a social security fund). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

niet meer, niet langer. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ne plu, jam ne. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ei enää (no more). (various references)

   

French

  

ne ... plus (not any more). (various references)

   

German

  

nicht mehr (no more, not any more). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πια (any more, more). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כבר לא. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tovább már nem, többé már nem. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

bergadis (no longer a virgin). (various references)

   

Italian

  

non più (but, no more, not any longer, not any more), non ... più (no). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

手離れ (completing a job, no longer requiring constant monitoring), 使"済み (no longer used, second-hand). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しようずみ (no longer used, second-hand), てばなれ (completing a job, no longer requiring constant monitoring). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay ongerlay

   

Portuguese

  

nãomais, não...mas, não mais, jánão, já...não, já não. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

больше не (any longer), более не. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ne više (not anymore). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

no ... mas, ya no, ya ... no. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

inte längre. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bundan böyle (from now on, from that day forth, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hereafter, no more), artık (anymore, at that, discard, dreg, dregs, dross, effluent, fag end, hog-wash, leftover, no more, refuse, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, rest, scraps, shoddy, spoils, tag end, waste). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

більше не. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: No Longer

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 35, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai eipen autw o qeoV to onoma sou iakwb ou klhqhsetai eti iakwb all' israhl estai to onoma sou
Latin405VulgateDicens non vocaberis ultra Iacob sed Israhel erit nomen tuum et appellavit eum Israhel
Middle English1395WyclifThow shalt no more be clepid Jacob, but Yrael shal be thi name. And he clepid hym Yrael,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd sayde vnto him: thy name is Iacob. Notwithstondynge thou shalt be nomore called Iacob but Israel shalbe thy name. And so was his name called Israell.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.
Basic English1964OgdenJacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: No Longer

LanguageGenesis Chapter 35, Verse 10
CebuanoUg miingon ang Dios kaniya: Ang imong ngalan si Jacob; dili na pagahinganlan ang imong ngalan nga si Jacob, kondili si Israel na mao ang imong ngalan. Ug siya gihinganlan sa iyang ngalan nga Israel.
CroatianBog mu reèe: "Ime ti je Jakov, ali se odsad neæeš zvati Jakov nego æe Izrael biti tvoje ime." Tako ga prozva Izraelom.
Danishog Gud sagde til ham: "Dit Navn er Jakob; men herefter skal du ikke mere hedde Jakob; Israel skal være dit Navn!" Og han gav ham Navnet Israel.
DutchEn God zeide tot hem: Uw naam is Jakob, uw naam zal voortaan niet Jakob genoemd worden, maar Israel zal uw naam zijn; en Hij noemde zijn naam Israel.
FinnishJa Jumala sanoi hänelle: "Sinun nimesi on Jaakob; mutta älköön sinua enää kutsuttako Jaakobiksi, vaan nimesi olkoon Israel". - Niin hän sai nimen Israel.
FrenchDieu lui dit: Ton nom est Jacob; tu ne seras plus appelé Jacob, mais ton nom sera Israël. Et il lui donna le nom d`Israël.
Germanund sprach zu ihm: Du heißt Jakob; aber du sollst nicht mehr Jakob heißen, sondern Israel sollst du heißen. Und also heißt man ihn Israel.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKata Allah kepadanya, "Engkau tidak akan disebut lagi Yakub, tetapi Israel." Demikianlah Allah menamakan dia Israel.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka firman Allah kepadanya: Adapun namamu, Yakub itu, tiada lagi dipanggil Yakub, melainkan Israel akan jadi namamu; maka dinamainya akan dia Israel.
MaoriA ka mea te Atua ki a ia, Ko Hakopa tou ingoa: e kore tou ingoa e huaina ko Hakopa a muri ake nei, engari ko Iharaira hei ingoa mou. Na huaina ana e ia tona ingoa ko Iharaira.
NorwegianOg Gud sa til ham: Du heter Jakob; herefter skal du ikke mere hete Jakob, men Israel skal være ditt navn. Således fikk han navnet Israel.
RumanianDumnezeu i -a zis: ,,Numele tqu este Iacov; dar nu te vei mai chema Iacov, ci numele tqu va fi Israel.`` Wi i -a pus numele Israel.
SwedishOch Gud sade till honom: "Ditt namn är Jakob; men du skall icke mer heta Jakob, utan Israel skall vara ditt namn." Så fick han namnet Israel.

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

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Anagrams: No Longer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: longeron.

Words within the letters "e-g-l-n-n-o-o-r"

-1 letter: lorgnon.

-2 letters: longer, nonego, orgone, ronnel.

-3 letters: enrol, genro, goner, loner, longe, nerol, ogler.

-4 letters: enol, ergo, glen, goer, gone, goon, gore, leno, loge, logo, lone, long, loon, lore, lorn, neon, noel, nolo, none, noon, ogle, ogre, oleo, orle, role.

-5 letters: ego, eng, eon, erg, ern, gel, gen, goo, gor, leg, log, loo, nog, noo.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-l-n-n-o-o-r"
 

+1 letter: longerons, nongolfer.

 

+2 letters: nongolfers.

 

+4 letters: longshoreman, longshoremen, nonflowering, nonreligious, pregnenolone, prolegomenon, recolonizing, undercooling.

 

+5 letters: congressional, decontrolling, endocrinology, nonregulation, pregnenolones, roentgenology.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Expressions
13. Translations: Modern
14. Bible Trace
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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