# longer

Pronunciation: US say "LAWNG-gur" /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/; UK say "LONG-guh" /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/

## Adjective

1. Comparative form of long. — comparative form of long: more long
   - Simple: Comparative form of long. Use this when comparing two things and one has more length or time.
   - _The new bridge is considerably longer than the old wooden one._
   - _Audiences expected a longer film given the dense source material._

## Adverb

2. Comparative form of long. — comparative form of long: more long
   - Simple: Comparative form of long. Use this to say something lasts for more time than something else.
   - _The meeting dragged on longer than anyone had planned._
   - _If the paint had cured longer, the finish would have held._

## Noun

Pronunciation: US say "LAWNG-ur" /ˈlɔŋ.ɚ/; UK say "LONG-uh" /ˈlɒŋ.ə/

3. A person who feels a strong desire for something.
   - Simple: A person who strongly wishes for or wants something.
   - _The poem gives voice to every longer after a home left behind._
   - _She remained a quiet longer for the career she had abandoned years before._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — The comparative of "long," formed as long + -er. It developed from Middle English "lenger," from Old English "lengra," from Proto-Germanic *langizô, the comparative of *langaz ("long"). It is related to Dutch "langer," German "länger," and Swedish "längre."
**Meaning 3** — Formed from the verb "long" ("to yearn") plus the suffix -er, meaning one who longs.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/longer (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).