les trente glorieuses

Phonetic: "/ˈlɔːŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A long vowel.

Definition: A long syllable.

Definition: A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

Definition: A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.

Definition: An entity with a long position in an asset.

Example: Every uptick made the longs cheer.

Definition: A long-term investment.

Definition: The long summer vacation at the English universities.

Phonetic: "/ˈlɔːŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To take a long position in.

Phonetic: "/ˈlɔːŋ/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).

Example: It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.

Definition: Having great duration.

Example: The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.

Definition: Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.

Definition: Not short; tall.

Definition: Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.

Example: I'm long in DuPont;  I have a long position in DuPont.

Definition: Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).

Definition: (of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.

Example: That forehand is long.

Definition: Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.

Example: The boom of the surf.

Definition: A rapid expansion or increase.

Example: You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry.

Definition: One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.

Example: I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.

Definition: (of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.

Definition: To make something boom.

Example: Men in grey robes slowly boom the drums of death.

Definition: To publicly praise.

Definition: To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

Definition: Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.