Definitions for longer
lon·ger

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. longernoun

   One who longs or yearns for something.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Longernoun

   one who longs for anything

Freebase(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

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

How to pronounce longer?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say longer in sign language?

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. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

   Why should we wait any longer? We are talking about 54 years, in Europe, things have become very serious in terms of the extent of Islamophobia. The EU is closing its doors on Turkey, and Turkey is not closing its doors on anybody.

2. Alan Johnson:

   This is kind of an inflection point, it used to be, 'As long as AUM is up and as long as the market is up, you'll be fine.' But that's no longer true.

3. Dr Muiz:

   It all started with a woman in labor on the back of a lorry, by the time she reached the hospital via the longer - safe - route she had passed away.

4. Ron Kim:

   There is no measure left to hide the truth: the governor broke the law so we must hold him accountable, when institutions fail to believe victims, allow predators to act with impunity, or fail to put policies of protection in place, it sends a strong signal that condones this type of unacceptable behavior. We cannot afford to ignore his transgressions any longer: doing so will erode the integrity of our legislative body and demonstrate complicity in sheltering a sexual predator.

5. Mwanandeke Kindembo:

   You should not allow yourself to be compared to the mob, or the people who are ready to rebel against a regime which they believe does not serve their interests any longer. Great ideas come only when we are deeply thinking alone and thus, making it much easier to put these thoughts into action.

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