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LONG TIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A prolonged period of time
Example:
I haven't been there for years and years
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("long time" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "long time"):
month of Sundays (a time perceived as long)
aeon; eon (an immeasurably long period of time)
blue moon (a long time)
year dot (as long ago as anyone can remember)
Context examples:
Risk factors include smoking, having certain genetic conditions, and misusing pain medicines for a long time.
(Kidney Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
It may include treatment with drugs, vaccines, or antibodies that kill cancer cells, and it may be given for a long time.
(Maintenance therapy, NCI Dictionary)
After being exposed to asbestos, it usually takes a long time for the disease to form.
(Mesothelioma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Infection for a long time with certain types of human papillomavirus can cause cervical cancer.
(Human papillomavirus, NCI Dictionary)
Infection for a long time with other types of HPV may cause cervical cancer.
(HPV RNA test, NCI Dictionary)
Without it, you may bleed for a long time after an injury or accident.
(Hemophilia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Infection for a long time with certain types of HPV can cause cervical cancer.
(HPV, NCI Dictionary)
Doing the scan can take a long time, and you must stay still.
(MRI Scans, NIH)
But sounds that are too loud or loud sounds over a long time are harmful.
(Noise, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
For a long time they whispered until at last she appeared to be satisfied.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
