Longer Meaning
/ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjcomparative form of long: more long
nounOne who longs or yearns for something.
Sentence Examples
You had better take into consideration that you are no longer young.
You are no longer a mere child.
It's a pity that you can't stay longer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
This piece of string is ____ than that one by exactly twenty centimeters.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The days are getting ____ as we approach the summer solstice, providing more hours of sunlight each day.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The slayer also lay,
The terrible earth-drake deprived of life,
Oppressed by bale: the ring-hoard longer
The twisted worm, might not control."
— 1887, Albert H[arris] Tolman, The Style of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, page 15:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
This piece of string is ____ than that one by exactly twenty centimeters.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The days are getting ____ as we approach the summer solstice, providing more hours of sunlight each day.