Longer
'lɔːŋɡər
adjectiveBeginnerVery CommonGeneral
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1
Of a greater length or duration; comparative of 'long'.
'lɔːŋɡər
adjectiveneutralBeginner
General
Comparative form of long
The road trip was much longer than I expected.
💡 Simply: Imagine two pencils. One is short and one is longer. 'Longer' means it stretches out more than the first one.
👶 For kids: Means something is stretched out more than something else!
More Examples
2
This essay is longer than the one I wrote last week.
3
He decided to stay in the city longer than his friends.
How It's Used
General
"The red ribbon is longer than the blue one."
Time
"We'll be here longer than anticipated."
From Old English *langra*, comparative of *lang* ('long'), from Proto-Germanic *langaz*.
Common in older texts to denote length in both time and distance, mirroring its modern usage.