Longer

Definition: Longer

Longer

Adjective

1. Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several; "the longer (or long) edge of the door"; "the hypotenuse is the longest (or long) side of a right triangle".

Adverb

1. For more time; "can I stay bit longer?".

Noun

1. A person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge".

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

Date "longer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Longer

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.

Crosswords: Longer

French (follow, go along, march along).

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)

We are no longer the Knights who Say Ni (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens (Longer; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)

It won't take much longer now (One Day In Your Life; performing artist: Anastacia)

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

Any longer, you can (What About Us?; performing artist: Brandy)

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

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. (references; author: unknown)

The more you complain, the longer God makes you live. (references; author: unknown)

The memory of bad quality lasts longer than the shock of high prices. (references; author: unknown)

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

Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer. (references; author: unknown)

Longer Trail (1956)

No Longer Vanishing (1955)

Lives No Longer Ours (2003)

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)

No Longer Alone (1979)

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

Books

• Eat Right for Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight: 4 Blood Types, 4 Diets [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• The Seventh-Day Diet: A Practical Plan to Apply the Adventist Lifestyle to Live Longer, Healthier, and Slimmer in the 21st Century (reference)

• Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives (reference)

• Rules for Aging: Resist Normal Impulses, Live Longer, Attain Perfection (reference)

• Dr. Braly's Food Allergy and Nutrition Revolution: For Permanent Weight Loss and a Longer, Healthier Life (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

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

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Grow Younger, Live Longer (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Polaroid One-Step Kit - NO LONGER AVAILABLE (reference)

• Inksaver 1.2 Software That Makes Ink Jet Cartridges Last Longer (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

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).

A row of teeth arises from a large sclerotized plate borne laterally on the eighth abdominal segment. Uranotaenia have characteristically shaped heads, longer than wide. All but one Western species have four stout spines on the head. Credit: CDC.

Hairs 2 and 3 on the Coquillettidia antennae are small. The flagellar segment is longer than the basalar segment. Credit: CDC.

The New Zealanders maintained a dog sled team at the time of this photo. Dogs came from a Greenland lineage now bred at Scott Base. Dogs are no longer permitted in Antarctica. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

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 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.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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)

Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference)

Even manufacture no longer sufficed. (reference)

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

What is needed is a settlement, and the longer this is delayed, the more difficult it will be and the greater our dangers will become. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Your friend Harriet will make a much longer history when you see her.

It was in 1874, I believe, that the idea first occurred to me of making it the nucleus of a longer story

England no longer existed

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

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

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

I can no longer hold me patient

He could not see the base of the tree, for it grew out of a little swale that held water longer than the level places

I saw nothing in this country that could invite me to a longer continuance, and began to think of returning home to England

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.

Health

The seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes. (references)

This tube is longer than a sigmoidoscope. (references)

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

Business

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

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

Shipping distances from the U.S. also are much longer. (references)

Children

Senegal

In 1999 the Government passed a law mandating longer jail terms of up to 10 years for convicted pedophiles. (references)

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)

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)

Egypt

Two-month delays, or longer, are not uncommon. (references)

Japan

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

Belarus

These detentions frequently lasted longer than the permitted 3 hours. (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)

Cote D'ivoire

Dollar based transactions may take longer. (references)

Norway

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

Travel

Panama

Furnished apartments are available for longer stays. (references)

Tunisia

STAYS LONGER THAN FOUR MONTHS REQUIRE A VISA EXTENSION. (references)

Ecuador

Those planning a longer visit must obtain a visa in advance. (references)

Women

Brunei

An assault resulting in serious injury is punishable by caning and a longer jail sentence. (references)

Canada

Cases involving weapons, threats, wounding, or endangerment of life carry longer sentences, up to life imprisonment. (references)

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)

Worker Rights

Romania

Housing is no longer subsidized. (references)

Namibia

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

Seychelles

These workers were paid lower wages and forced to work longer hours than citizens. (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 "longer": any longer ♦ because it is no longer needed ♦ because it's no longer needed ♦ become longer ♦ become no longer necessary ♦ get longer ♦ grow longer ♦ i can't stand it any longer ♦ longer combination vehicle ♦ make longer ♦ no longer ♦ no longer of use ♦ no longer pipe no longer dance ♦ no longer want ♦ no longer young ♦ not any longer ♦ two days longer ♦ wait a little longer. Additional references.

Beginning with "longer": longer-acting, longer-against, longer-billed, longer-bodied, longer-dated, longer-distance, longer-established, longer-in-the-tooth, longer-lasting, longer-legged, longer-length, longer-life, longer-line, longer-lived, longer-necked, longer-playing, Longer-Range, longer-run, longer-running, longer-scale, longer-serving, longer-standing, longer-stay, longer-tailed, longer-term, Longer-Term, longer-than-ever, longer-than-usual, longer-winged.

Ending with "longer": ever-longer, had-longer.

Containing "longer": no-longer-news, no-longer-wanted.

Albanian

më shumë (more, so much the more), më i gjatë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهمل (abandoned, antiquated, careless, derelict, deserted, discarded, disregarded, disregardful, disused, forgetful, forgotten, forsaken, heedless, ignored, in disuse, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, left out, left over, neglected, neglectful, negligent, no longer of use, obsolete, omitted, out of use, outdated, reckless, refuse, regardless, remiss, slack, sloven, unpointed, waste), ‏ليس بعد (no longer). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вече (already, more, yet), повече (again, any longer, any more, better, more, no more). (various references)

Chinese 

长期 (long, long-dated, longest, long-term, longtime). (various references)

Czech

déle. (various references)

Danish

langsigtet risiko for fremtidig inflation (longer-term risk of inflation), 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), renter af indskud,der henstår længere end den aftalte tid (extra interest paid on deposits left longer than originally agreed), 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), 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), mellemdistance-atomvåben med længere rækkevidde (Longer-Range Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, LRINF), 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

langer (else, further, more, on). (various references)

Esperanto

ne plu (no longer), jam ne (no longer). (various references)

Finnish

kauemmin, enää (further, more, still). (various references)

French

le Conseil peut disposer que tout ou partie des concours visés à l'article l25 ne seront plus octroyés (the Council may rule that all or part of the assistance referred to in Article l25 shall no longer be granted), le palier de limite élastique, que les efforts ne sont plus des fonctions croissantes des déformations (yield-point elongation range in which the stresses are no longer an increasing function of the deformation), lorsque l'effervescence cesse pour une raison ou pour une autre, la partie axiale du lingot n'est plus le siège de courants violents (the axial region of the ingot is no longer the site of strong currents), ne ... plus (no longer), cotisations sociales que des personnes qui n'y sont pas ou plus soumises légalement,versent ou continuent de verser à une administration de sécurité sociale (or who are no longer), flotte de véhicules long courriers (longer-range vehicle fleet), FNI à longue portée (Longer-Range Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces), forces nucléaires intermédiaires à longue portée (Longer-Range Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces), contrat suspendu pour cause de disparition du risque (policy suspended because the risk no longer exists), mise à la retraite de personnel excédentaire (retirement benefits for staff who are no longer needed), train routier à plusieurs remorques (long combination vehicle, longer combination vehicle), opération de refinancement à plus long terme (longer-term refinancing operation), plan de très grand ensemble (longer shot), primes de fidélité (extra interest paid on deposits left longer than originally agreed), rallonger (make longer), reconstituer un prix du produit disparu pour la période récente (to impute a price for an obsolete product which no longer exists in the most recent period), risque d'inflation à long terme (longer-term risk of inflation), superficie dont la culture a été abandonnée (areas under wine which are no longer cultivated), millage supérieur (longer tread life). (various references)

German

länger. (various references)

Greek 

μακρότερα, μακρότεροσ, μακρύτερα (farther, further), μακρύτερος (further), περισσότερα. (various references)

Hebrew 

כבר לא (no longer). (various references)

Hungarian

hosszabb. (various references)

Indonesian

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

Italian

più lungo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

もし可能ならば (all the way, awfully, bashfully, be restless, completely, desperately, dishevelled, erection, farther, feel fuzzy, feel impatient, feel sad, fidget, flying squirrel, frightfully, gusto, hazy, hesitantly, if possible, impatient, inefficient, irritating, is something that, is that which, Japanese mafia, misty, more, mumble, not quick enough, shaggy, slow, someone full of zest, swelling, tantalizing, tardy, the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets, to do something the speaker regrets, to squirm, tousled, unkempt, violently, women's work pants, worry about, Yakuza). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

もっと (farther, more). (various references)

Korean 

오랫동안 (long, longest). (various references)

Manx

odjey (furthermost), liurey, lhiurey. (various references)

Pig Latin

ongerlay.(various references)

Portuguese

se a camada superior se torna impermeável ou pela sua densidade elevada em dendrites equiaxiais,ou pela viscosidade do líquido(por sobrecamagem com alumínio,por exemplo)o líquido da cabeça quente já não tem acesso à segregação em V (either because it contains highly compacted equiaxed crystals or because of the viscoSity of the liquid ( through over reducing with aluminium, for example ), if the upper layer of crystals becomes impermeable, the liquid in the hot-top no longer has access to the V-segregate), risco de inflação a longo prazo (longer-term risk of inflation), reforma do pessoal excedentário (retirement benefits for staff who are no longer needed), reconstituir um preço do produto desaparecido para o período actual (to impute a price for an obsolete product which no longer exists in the most recent period), quando a efervescência cessa por qualquer razão,a parte axial do lingote já não é sede de correntes violentas (for one reason or another, rimming stops, the axial region of the ingot is no longer the site of strong currents, when), prémios de fidelidade (extra interest paid on deposits left longer than originally agreed), o Conselho pode estabelecer que a totalidade ou parte das contribuições previstas no artigo 125º passem a não ser concedidas (the Council may rule that all or part of the assistance referred to in Article l25 shall no longer be granted), nãomais (no longer), não...mas (no longer), não mais (no longer), jánão (no longer), já...não (no longer), já não (no longer), contribuições sociais que determinadas pessoas,que não são ou já não estão obrigadas legalmente a contribuir,pagam ou continuam a pagar a uma administração de segurança social (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), contrato suspenso devido ao desaparecimento do risco (policy suspended because the risk no longer exists). (various references)

Romanian

se lungi (become longer, elongate, fall, get longer, go on, grow longer, lengthen, loll), cu douã zile mai târziu (two days longer), aşteaptã încã puţin (wait a little longer). (various references)

Russian 

более длинный, дольше, долее. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

više (above, more, over, plus, rather, several, upward), duže. (various references)

Spanish

más tiempo (any longer), más (another, best, bigger, else, furthermore, more, most, other, plus). (various references)

Swedish

längre (anymore, farther, further, longish). (various references)

Tahitian

fa'ahou (again). (various references)

Turkish

uzamak (augment, continue, draw out, elongate, extend, grow longer, hold over, lengthen, linger, pull out, scat, stretch, sweep), bundan böyle (from now on, from that day forth, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hereafter, no longer, no more), artık (anymore, at that, discard, dreg, dregs, dross, effluent, fag end, hog-wash, leftover, no longer, no more, refuse, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, rest, scraps, shoddy, spoils, tag end, waste). (various references)

Ukrainian

довший. (various references)

Vietnamese 

lâu hơn nữa, nữa (boot), hơn nữa (again, bargain, besides, furthermore, moreover). (various references)

diutius. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "longer": longeron, longerons, longers. (additional references)

Words ending with "longer": prolonger. (additional references)

Words containing "longer": prolongers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Longer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alongee, Fongeru, langer, lenge, lengeh, lenger, leofgar, Lingara, lingera, Logar, logor, Lonegren, longam, longan, Longara, longe, longel, longen, longera, longeri, longerons, longers, longeu, longeurs, longi, longo, longue, longum, Longyear, longyi, Lonigan, Lonja, Lonner, louger, Loughry, Lunger, lynger, Olonga, Ongaro, Ongeri, plonger, ponger, slonger, tonger. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: enrol, genro, goner, loner, longe, nerol, ogler.

-2 letters: enol, ergo, glen, goer, gone, gore, leno, loge, lone, long, lore, lorn, noel, ogle, ogre, orle, role.

-3 letters: ego, eng, eon, erg, ern, gel, gen, gor, leg, log, nog, nor, ole, one, ore, reg, roe.

-4 letters: el, en, er, go, lo, ne, no, oe, on, or.

+1 letter: erelong, leghorn, longers, lounger, mongrel.

+2 letters: eloigner, florigen, geraniol, goldener, jargonel, jongleur, leghorns, ligroine, longeron, longueur, loungers, lowering, mongrels, nonglare, overlong, prolonge, regional, religion, reoiling, resoling, roweling, yearlong.

+3 letters: angleworm, aureoling, clangored, corbeling, deploring, eloigners, enrolling, exploring, florigens, flowering, geraniols, gerfalcon, girandole, glowering, goldenrod, gondolier, granulose, groundsel, groveling, gyroplane, hollering, ignorable, jargonels, jongleurs, legionary, ligroines, loitering, longerons, longueurs, loppering, lorgnette, moldering, morseling, necrology, neuroglia, neurology, nongolfer, organelle, overlying, prolonged, prolonger, prolonges, reboiling, recoaling, recoiling, reflowing, refolding, regionals, reglowing, religions, reloading, reloaning, relocking, relooking, remolding, repolling, rerolling, resolving, retooling, revolting, revolving, rowelling, sloganeer, soldering, strongyle, troweling, ungodlier.