longer
What is the Definition of longer?
Noun:
- a person with a strong desire for something
Adjective:
- primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
- primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
- of relatively great height
- good at remembering
- holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
- (of speech sounds or syllables)
- involving substantial risk
- planning prudently for the future
- having or being more than normal or necessary
Adverb:
- for an extended time or at a distant time
- for an extended distance
- for more time
How can I use longer in a sentence?
Ten years ago, there had been lots of pictures of what looked like a large pink beach ball wearing different-colored bonnets — but Dudley Dursley was no longer a baby, and now the photographs showed a large blond boy riding his first bicycle, on a carousel at the fair, playing a computer game with his father, being hugged and kissed by his mother.
You nearly were, I could not have kept him off the Stone much longer – Not the Stone, boy, you — the effort involved nearly killed you.
His broom was vibrating so hard, it was almost impossible for him to hang on much longer.
I want to buy a new laptop since my old one is no longer functioning properly. - Я хочу купить новый ноутбук, так как мой старый больше не работает должным образом.
She will be here soon, so please wait a little longer. - Она скоро будет здесь, так что, пожалуйста, подождите немного дольше.
Other meanings of longer (synonyms, cognates).
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