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Definitions for longer
lon·ger

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. longer, thirster, yearneradverb

    a person with a strong desire for something

    "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge"

  2. longeradverb

    for more time

    "can I stay bit longer?"

Wiktionary

  1. longernoun

    One who longs or yearns for something.

Wikipedia

  1. Longer

    Longer is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and released in 1979 by Full Moon Records and Epic Records. The song can be found on Fogelberg's 1979 album Phoenix. It was also included on his 1982 greatest hits album as well as various other retrospective and compilation recordings. Fogelberg, who had released more rock oriented songs throughout the 1970s, jokingly described "Longer" in the liner notes to one of his retrospective albums as "the song that put me on the elevators." He wrote the song while vacationing in Maui, "lounging in a hammock one night and looking up at the stars. It just seems this song was drifting around the universe, saw me, and decided I'd give it a good home." Accompanying Fogelberg's vocals is an acoustic guitar (played by the singer) as well as a flugelhorn solo by Jerry Hey. Lyrically, the song compares various events ("Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens") with his emotional attachment to the one he loves ("I've been in love with you").

ChatGPT

  1. longer

    Longer refers to having a greater length, distance, duration, or period of time in comparison to something else. It denotes an extended or increased measure or span in terms of physical, temporal, or abstract aspects.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Longernoun

    one who longs for anything

Wikidata

  1. Longer

    "Longer" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. The song can be found on Fogelberg's 1979 album Phoenix. It was also included on his 1982 greatest hits album as well as various other retrospective and compilation recordings. Fogelberg, who had released more rock-oriented songs throughout the 1970s, jokingly described "Longer" in the liner notes to one of his retrospective albums as "the song that put me on the elevators." He wrote the song while vacationing in Maui, "lounging in a hammock one night and looking up at the stars. It just seems this song was drifting around the universe, saw me, and decided I'd give it a good home." Accompanying Fogelberg's vocals is an acoustic guitar as well as a flugelhorn solo by Jerry Hey. Lyrically, the song compares various events with his emotional attachment to the one he loves.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. longer

    Each row of casks in the hold, athwart. Also, the fore and aft space allotted to a hammock; the longers reckoned similarly to last.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LONGER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Longer is ranked #77012 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Longer surname appeared 249 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Longer.

    79.1% or 197 total occurrences were White.
    13.2% or 33 total occurrences were Black.
    3.6% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3.2% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'longer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2779

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'longer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1729

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'longer' in Adverbs Frequency: #230

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of longer in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of longer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of longer in a Sentence

  1. Josh Gold:

    Delivery workers should not have to choose between making a living and safety, by providing discounts and exchange opportunities for new UL certified e-bikes and certified lithium-ion batteries, the expensive price tag that too often acts as a blocker to safety should no longer have to be a concern.

  2. Tara Button:

    My aim is that if people start buying more durable things, companies will start making their products last longer.

  3. Judith Mair:

    It will be in stages - immediately with evacuations, dislocations and cancellations, but also in the longer term, because tourists buy holidays based on the image of a destination and Australia's is being badly affected.

  4. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto:

    Immigration is one of the most serious problem facing the European Union today, the EU's countries seek a solution... but Hungary cannot afford to wait any longer.

  5. Jake Ellzey:

    Our southern border is no longer just about families coming to find a better life. The Biden administration has intentionally failed in its responsibility to protect the American people, and Texans have paid the price, both figuratively and literally. over the two years, Texans have spent over $3 billion dollars to secure our border. Per the Constitution, that is a federal function, and we owe Texans every penny they have paid. I am proud to stand with my fellow colleagues in filling the Lone Star Reimbursement Act. If the President won't do his job, Congress will.

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