# longs

Pronunciation: US say "LAWNGZ" /lɔŋz/; UK say "LONGZ" /lɒŋz/

## Noun

1. Full-length pants that reach the ankles, in contrast to shorts.
   - Simple: Pants that cover the whole leg, not short ones.
   - _She packed a pair of longs in case the mountain nights got chilly._
   - _The dress code required longs on the factory floor, never shorts._
3. Plural of long. — plural of long
   - Simple: Plural of long. Use it when there is more than one.
   - _The fund opened a string of longs on emerging-market currencies._
   - _He closed out his longs before the markets dropped on Friday._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of long. — third-person singular simple present indicative of long
   - Simple: Third-person singular form of long. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The old sailor longs for one more voyage across the open sea._
   - _Every exile longs for the place that shaped their childhood._

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