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| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War 3 Karen Traviss, Joshua Ortega, 2013-01-02 Following the sinking of the Jacinto at the conclusion of Volume 2,the Gears have fled to the island of Vectes where they struggle to defend thelast remnants of humankind from The Stranded and a new menace, The Lambent- a deadly, mutating lifeform. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War Doug Walsh, 2007 War for PC boasts three new multiplayer maps, a new multiplayer game type, game editor and five new campaign chapters that will push the limits of the PC gaming experience. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War: Coalition's End Karen Traviss, 2011-08-02 Understand what a world had to do to survive. When the Locust Horde burst from the ground fifteen years ago to slaughter the human population of Sera, mankind began a desperate war against extinction. Now after a decade and a half of bloody fighting, and with billions dead, the survivors—the Gears of the Coalition of Ordered Governments, along with a small band of civilians—have been forced to destroy their own cities and sacrifice their entire civilization to halt the Locust advance. The last-ditch measures have succeeded, but at an enormous cost: the survivors have been reduced to a handful of refugees. Escaping to a haven on the remote island of Vectes, they begin the heartbreaking task of rebuilding their devastated world. For a while, there’s hope . . . making peace with old enemies, and once again planning for the future. But the short respite is shattered when Vectes comes under siege from an even deadlier force than the Locust—the Lambent, a hideous and constantly mutating life-form that destroys everything in its path. As the Lambent’s relentless assault spreads from the mainland to the island, the refugees finally understand what drove the Locust from their underground warrens and sparked the global war. While Marcus Fenix and the Gears struggle to hold back the invasion, the Coalition faces a stark choice—fight this new enemy to the last human, or flee to the wastelands to take their chances and live like the human pariahs known as the Stranded . . . even as Coalition chairman Richard Prescott still guards one last, terrible secret about the Locust, the Lambent, and the future of mankind. . . . |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War: Anvil Gate Karen Traviss, 2010-08-31 Continuing the saga of the bestselling game series! In the third of three official tie-in novels to the hugely successful videogame from Microsoft and Epic Games, Marcus Fenix and his Gears defend humanity’s final city from the Locust horde. With the Locust Horde apparently destroyed, Jacinto’s survivors have begun to rebuild human society on the Locust stronghold. Raiding pirate gangs take a toll—but it’s nothing that Marcus Fenix and the Gears can’t handle. Then the nightmare they thought they’d left behind begins to stalk them again. Something far worse, something even the Locust dreaded, has emerged to spread across the planet, and not even this remote island haven is beyond its reach. Gears and Stranded must fight side by side to survive their deadliest enemy yet, falling back on the savage tactics of another bloody siege—Anvil Gate. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War: Ascendance Jason M. Hough, 2019-07-30 The official prequel to the action video game Gears 5, beginning immediately after Gears of War 4 and leading directly into the new game. THE OFFICIAL BRIDGE TO GEARS 5 Following Reyna Diaz's death at the hands of the Swarm, Kait seals her mother's tomb, swearing revenge. With her allies, including JD Fenix and Del Walker, she returns to New Ephyra to warn the Coalition of Ordered Governments: THE SWARM IS COMING However, First Minister Jinn requires proof of the threat. She also demands their utter loyalty, driving a wedge between the allies. Joined by Marcus Fenix, Kait strikes out on her own while JD and Del embark on a sanctioned mission to prove that the threat is real. With the fate of humankind hanging in the balance, it's a race against time. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War Rob Auten, 2014-02-28 Written as a collection of notes in Damon Baird's journal, 'The Survivor's Log' will expand on declassified testimony and other facets of the game and serve as an in-universe artefact within the timeline of the series. This firsthand account will chronicle the soldier's experience in a riveting and beautifully illustrated oral history-the events he witnessed and the deterioration of COG society, his decision to take his unit rogue, and stories from the other embers of his cohort. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War Omnibus, Vol. 2 Karen Traviss, Joshua Ortega, 2019-12 As the Pendulum Wars rage on between the Coalition of Ordered Governments and the Union of Independent Republics, Marcus Fenix and his right-hand man Dominic Santiago are deployed on their first military tour and must endure the harsh reality of battle, loss, and the waning hope of victory. In the Dirty Little Secrets miniseries, follow Marcus Fenix and the rest of Delta Squad as they fight to defend the last of humanity. Leading up to the events of Gears of War 3, Delta Squad must team up with their old Gorasni foes to protect the residents of Vectes from marauding bands of Stranded and concealed pockets of Locusts. Meanwhile, Adam Fenix and ex-Chairman Prescott secretly conspire in order to destroy the Lambent threat before they wipe out all life on Sera. Collects issues #14-24 of the DC Comics series. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War 4 Michael Owen, Doug Walsh, 2016-10 The Official Prima Games Guide expertly leads you through the next chapter in the hugely popular Gears of War series! Gears of War 4 plunges you into a harrowing tale of hope, survival, and brotherhood on the war-torn planet Sera as the population struggles to rebuild while facing a new threat. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War: Hivebusters Kurtis J. Wiebe, 2019-12 After successfully busting their first Swarm hive, Scorpio Squad will face their most dangerous mission yet -- going after the Swarm that decimated the home settlement of one of their own! As Mac seeks to take revenge against the monsters that wiped out his town, tempers rise as Keegan and Lahni try to keep the team on track. But are they on a collision course with certain death? |
| how long is gears of war 2: The Video Games Guide Matt Fox, 2013-01-17 The Video Games Guide is the world's most comprehensive reference book on computer and video games. Presented in an A to Z format, this greatly expanded new edition spans fifty years of game design--from the very earliest (1962's Spacewar) through the present day releases on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC. Each game entry includes the year of release, the hardware it was released on, the name of the developer/publisher, a one to five star quality rating, and a descriptive review which offers fascinating nuggets of trivia, historical notes, cross-referencing with other titles, information on each game's sequels and of course the author's views and insights into the game. In addition to the main entries and reviews, a full-color gallery provides a visual timeline of gaming through the decades, and several appendices help to place nearly 3,000 games in context. Appendices include: a chronology of gaming software and hardware, a list of game designers showing their main titles, results of annual video game awards, notes on sourcing video games, and a glossary of gaming terms. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War Doug Walsh, 2011 BradyGames' Gears of War 3 Signature Series Strategy Guide includes the following: BROTHERS TO THE END: The final chapter to one of electronic entertainment's most celebrated sagas awaits. The last human stronghold has fallen, yet the war against the Locust rages on. With civilization in ruins and its survivors broken and scattered, a new enemy--the Lambent--arises to deliver the decisive blow. Lead Marcus and his Delta Squad comrades through their desperate last fight to give humanity hope for survival. This essential Signature Series guide shows you how! Exhaustive Campaign Coverage- Created on-site in Epic's studios, with direct input from the game's designers, our in-depth walkthrough provides complete coverage of every area and encounter from start to finish. Four- Player Co-Op strategy included! Every Collectible- We reveal the location of every last COG Tag and collectible--don't miss a single one! Expanded Multiplayer Content- Boost your combat effectiveness with MP-specific weapon stats, pickup location and cycle data, enemy spawn points, and winning techniques for every game type. Tactics for team-based and solo play! Get the most out of the new Beast, SP Arcade, and enhanced Horde modes! Comprehensive Maps- Our detailed Multiplayer and Single-Player maps depict every area in the game. We pinpoint mission objectives, weapons and ammo, collectible locations, and more! MP maps provide mode-specific callouts, illustrate team strategies, and identify enemy paths and chokepoints! Expert Combat Training- We show you the most efficient kill tactics for every foe, and how to use terrain, movement, and cover to your advantage. Tips and tricks from Epic's developers give you an insider's advantage! That's Not All!- Gripping artwork and riveting background content make this guide a must-have for every Gears of War(tm) fan. Achievement roster helps you reach 100% completion. Plus, fascinating background and character bios, indispensible weapon and enemy data, and much more! |
| how long is gears of war 2: Guinness World Records 2015 Gamer's Edition Guinness World Records, 2014-11-11 Now in its eighth edition, Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition is the ultimate guide to videogames. With all-new design and photography, the fresh-looking 2015 edition is packed full of news and views about the most up-to-date achievements and developments in gaming. It offers the most dazzling images from this year's top titles, along with fascinating facts, figures and features on the games and characters you love – from Minecraft to the world-beating Grand Theft Auto V, from thrilling new games to all-time classics. The latest edition includes gameplay tips and hints, interviews and features exploring gaming from different perspectives, and quotes from leading figures in the industry. Find out about the biggest-selling games, the highest scores, and the world's most amazing gamers. Read about the latest hardware developments in the battle of the eight-generation consoles, and explore the most exciting news stories across all the major gaming genres. |
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| how long is gears of war 2: Ltd Ed Art of Gears of War 3 Ballistic Publishing, 2012-07 The Art of Gears of War 3 takes you behind the scenes of one of Epic Games' biggest releases. It features character, environment, monster, weapons, and vehicle concept art and production art in comprehensive galleries. The book shows some of the unseen art that makes Gears of War 3 one of history's most anticipated games. |
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| how long is gears of war 2: Ready Reader One Megan Amber Condis, Mike Sell, 2024-06-12 Videogames are a powerful storytelling medium-but what are the stories we tell about videogames, with videogames, around videogames? What can we learn from novels that describe the struggles of young people trapped in virtual reality, from fanfiction that explores the private life of a popular Nintendo character, or from a poem that compares Pac-Man to Saint Augustine? An extensive body of scholarship explores the ways videogames create worlds, construct characters, and tell emotionally compelling narratives. But very little research has focused on representation of videogames, videogame players, and videogame culture in literary texts, whether traditional genres like novels, short stories, memoirs, and poems, or non-traditional and emergent forms like fanfiction, how-to-guides, hip-hop lyrics, or young-adult fiction. Ready Reader One is designed to fill that gap. The texts that this book's contributors engage are interesting in their own right. Thomas Pynchon's deployment of the tropes of retrogaming in Bleeding Edge evinces a fascinating inflection of his paranoid style. Hanna Faith Notess's integration of videogame mechanics into her poetry enables a fascinating and poignant relationship of melancholy, memory objects, and the lyric form. The exploration of videogame addiction in memoirs challenges stereotypes and suggests different ways to understand the entanglement of desire and pleasure in the twenty-first century. The stories of virtual reality in the novels of Ernest Cline, Lauren Beuke, and Liu Cixin map the ways videogames are transforming our bodies, families, and friendships. Beyond their intrinsic value as works of literature, videogame literature provides meaningful perspectives on what videogames are and what they might be. Contributors to this collection demonstrate that videogame literature sheds light on how space, time, and identity are being reshaped by videogames; helps us detect emergent forms of play, media, algorithmic systems, surveillance culture, and social media; and increases our understanding of the larger stories that surround videogames and those who play them-- |
| how long is gears of war 2: Esports Yearbook 2010 Julia Christophers, Tobias M. Scholz, 2011-08 This year's issue contains articles about many major eSports topics in 2010, StarCraft II for example. Jasper Mah and Colin Webster chose topics that focus on Asia and South Africa. And we are proud to present you some beautiful eSports and gaming art in the eSports Yearbook for the very first time, as art is a very important cultural area in eSports media. Handpicked artists Daniel Andersson, Kee Ahnström and Emil Erlandsson are starring in this book.The eSports Yearbook is a collection of academic articles and columns about eSports. It is published every year. |
| how long is gears of war 2: 100 of the Top Action Games Alex Trost, Vadim Kravetsky, 2014-06-13 Are you looking for a journey that will take you through this amazing obok, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Writing this book did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and foundation before the book was even started. This book was created to inform, entertain and maybe even test your knowledge. By the time you finish reading this book you will want to share it with others. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Learn to Play Matthew M. White, 2014-06-03 See How to Unobtrusively Incorporate Good Teaching into Your Game’s Mechanics Learn to Play: Designing Tutorials for Video Games shows how to embed a tutorial directly into your game design mechanics so that your games naturally and comfortably teach players to have fun. The author deciphers years of research in game studies, education, psychology, human–computer interaction, and user interface and experience that equip you to make dynamic tutorials that help players enjoy your games. The book links game design principles with psychology through the game tutorial. It offers easy-to-implement changes that can make a huge difference in how players receive your games. It explains how you can educate new players and engage experienced players at the same time through a combination of good design and basic understanding of human educational, motivational, and cognitive psychologies. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, this book improves your understanding of the science of learning and the art of teaching. It helps you design game mechanics, or tutorials, that teach people how to have fun with your games without ever feeling as though they’re being instructed. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Game Testing Robert Denton Bryant, 2024-05-22 An updated version of the bestselling, Game Testing All In One 3/E, this fourth edition serves as your comprehensive handbook to video game testing, guiding you through the essential skills needed to succeed in this exciting field. Whether you are a student seeking to enter the video game industry or a working professional aiming to refine your skills, this new edition gives you the basic skills of testing, demonstrates how game testing and testers fit into the game development process, and includes practical knowledge of tools, roles, responsibilities, and the metrics used to determine game quality and test progress. The reader is taken step-by-step through test design and other QA methods, using real game situations, and featuring interviews with veteran game developers. The book includes companion files for downloading with templates and tutorials for creating both combinatorial tables and test flow diagrams, which form the basis of a robust video game QA plan. Each chapter includes questions and exercises, making the book suitable for classroom use as well as a personal study or reference tool. FEATURES: Features test methodology tutorials based on actual games, plus examples and tools that readers can use for personal or professional development Explores documented methods and tools for tracking and managing game testing progress and game quality Provides companion files available for digital download, including classroom support files, templates, resources, and projects from the book |
| how long is gears of war 2: Guns, Grenades, and Grunts Joshua Call, Gerald A. Voorhees, Katie Whitlock, 2012-11-02 Known for their visibility and tendency to generate controversy, first-person shooter (FPS) games are cultural icons and powder-kegs in American society. Contributors will examine a range of FPS games such as the Doom, Half-Life, System Shock, Deus Ex, Halo, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty franchises. By applying and enriching a broad range of perspectives, this volume will address the cultural relevance and place of the genre in game studies, game theory and the cultures of game players. Guns, Grenades, and Grunts gathers scholars from all disciplines to bring the weight of contemporary social theory and media criticism to bear on the public controversy and intellectual investigation of first-person shooter games. As a genre, FPS games have helped shepherd the game industry from the early days of shareware distribution and underground gaming clans to contemporary multimillion dollar production budgets, Hollywood-style launches, downloadable content and worldwide professional gaming leagues. The FPS has been and will continue to be a staple of the game market. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Putrid Reviews: Reviews and Interviews by Claytron Claytron, 2011-03-08 This is a compilation of all the reviews and interviews written by Clay Becraft for Putrid Reviews from 2007-2010 |
| how long is gears of war 2: A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park, 2010-11-15 Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others. A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the “lost boys” of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way. Includes an afterword by author Linda Sue Park and the real-life Salva Dut, on whom the novel is based, and who went on to found Water for South Sudan. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Principles Ray Dalio, 2017-09-19 Dalio shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business--and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals--Amazon.com. |
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| how long is gears of war 2: Gears of War Limited Edition Strategy Guide DK Publishing, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff, BradyGames, BradyGames Staff, 2006-11 Fight a war against the overpowering Locust Horde and win! Gears of War Limited Edition Strategy Guide features a complete walkthrough of the entire game. A detailed listing of weapons, items, equipment and bestiary will keep you one step ahead. It reveals expert boss strategies and unbeatable tactics for each gameplay mode to help you win. Plus, find limited edition bonus art book, content, a foldout and more! |
| how long is gears of war 2: Fact Hunt Larry Bundy Jr, 2020-02-06 A bumper collection of facts about video games from YouTuber extraordinaire, Larry Bundy Jr, this book will debunk myths and urban legends, delve into developers' biggest successes and failures, explore the odd characters behind the games and unearth the obscure, the forgotten, the cancelled and the abandoned aspects of the gaming world. For the past decade, Larry has painstakingly trawled through countless old magazines, routinely harassed developers, and blackmailed journalists to uncover these amazing tidbits and anecdotes that would have fallen by the wayside of history. Now he has compiled them into a fun, full-colour book with sections on botched game launches, pointless peripherals, unreleased video game movies, weird guest fighters and much, much more. Along the way, he has invited a few famous gaming guests, including Stuart Ashen and Did You Know Gaming?, to provide their favourite quips for your personal perusal. So whatever your level of knowledge about video games, you’re guaranteed to learn a ton of entertaining new information. |
| how long is gears of war 2: The Counterfeit Coin Christopher Goetz, 2023-05-12 The Counterfeit Coin argues that games and related entertainment media have become almost inseparable from fantasy. In turn, these media are making fantasy itself visible in new ways. Though apparently asocial and egocentric—an internal mental image expressing the fulfillment of some wish—fantasy has become a key term in social contestations of the emerging medium. At issue is whose fantasies are catered to, who feels powerful and gets their way, and who is left out. This book seeks to undo the monolith of commercial gaming by locating multiplicity and difference within fantasy itself. It introduces and tracks three broad fantasy traditions that dynamically connect apparently distinct strata of a game (story and play), that join games to other media, and that encircle players in pleasurable loops as they follow these connections. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Beyond the Box Score Richard B. Horrow, Rick Horrow, Karla Swatek, 2010 Beyond the Box Score provides a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes look at how the ever-growing professional sports industry really works. |
| how long is gears of war 2: The Far Shore Adam Hammond, 2021-11-30 The genius and artistry behind Superbrothers and the making of an indie video game, from inception to its highly anticipated launch. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery was released in 2011 at the forefront of an exciting era of “indie games” – with the aesthetic of punk rock and the edge of modernist fiction, indie games pushed gaming into the realm of the avant-garde. Superbrothers (Craig D. Adams) was hailed as a visionary in the video game world. Now, his long-awaited follow-up, JETT: The Far Shore, has been released for Sony PlayStation and Epic Games Store. In the decade from inception to launch, Adams brought author Adam Hammond along for the ride, allowing unprecedented insight into the complicated genesis of Jett. The Far Shore offers a portrait of the enigmatic Adams and his team, the genius and artistry, the successes and setbacks, that went into building the world of JETT, in which you’re tasked with scouting a new home for a humanoid people after they’ve decimated their planet. To provide context, Hammond recounts the history of indie games and how their trajectory has followed that of independent art and literature. A riveting insider’s look at one of our most popular art forms. |
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| how long is gears of war 2: The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories Frank Rose, 2012-03-05 This is a field guide to the visionaries - and the fans - who are reinventing the art of storytelling. |
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| how long is gears of war 2: Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play Meagan Marie, 2018-12-04 Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play is a celebration of female accomplishments in the video game industry, ranging from high-level executives to programmers to cosplayers. This insightful and celebratory book highlights women who helped to establish the industry, women who disrupted it, women who fight to diversify it, and young women who will someday lead it. Featuring household names and unsung heroes, each individual profiled is a pioneer in their own right. Key features in this book include: *100 Professionals of Play: Interviews and Special Features with 100 diverse and prominent women highlighting their impact on the gaming industry in the fields of design, programming, animation, marketing, voiceover, and many more. *Pro Tips: Practical and anecdotal advice from industry professionals for young adults working toward a career in the video game industry. *Essays: Short essays covering various topics affecting women in gaming related careers, including Difficult Women: The Importance of Female Characters Who Go Beyond Being Strong, NPC: On Being Unseen in the Game Dev Community, and Motherhood and Gaming: How Motherhood Can Help Rather Than Hinder a Career. *A Day in the Life of Features: An inside look at a typical day in the gaming industry across several vocations, including a streamer, a voice actor, and many more. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Wilding of America Charles Derber, 2009-12-14 The American dream champions individualism. But at what price? In the fully updated fifth edition of The Wilding of America, Charles Derber chronicles the latest incidents of wilding -acts of self-interested violence or greed that weaken the social fabric. The new edition examines such topics as the recent doping scandals in sports; government-sponsored torture; new threats to our public space, social infrastructure, and natural environment; the effects of the Obama administration on wilding behavior; and in an all-new chapter, the 2008 Wall Street meltdown. Book jacket. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Game Design Lewis Pulsipher, 2012-08-08 Many aspiring game designers have crippling misconceptions about the process involved in creating a game from scratch, believing a big idea is all that is needed to get started. But game design requires action as well as thought, and proper training and practice to do so skillfully. In this indispensible guide, a published commercial game designer and longtime teacher offers practical instruction in the art of video and tabletop game design. The topics explored include the varying types of games, vital preliminaries of making a game, the nuts and bolts of devising a game, creating a prototype, testing, designing levels, technical aspects, and assessing nature of the audience. With practice challenges, a list of resources for further exploration, and a glossary of industry terms, this manual is essential for the nascent game designer and offers food for thought for even the most experienced professional. |
| how long is gears of war 2: Gender and the Superhero Narrative Michael Goodrum, Tara Prescott-Johnson, Philip Smith, 2018-10-01 Contributions by Dorian L. Alexander, Janine Coleman, Gabriel Gianola, Mel Gibson, Michael Goodrum, Tim Hanley, Vanessa Hemovich, Christina Knopf, Christopher McGunnigle, Samira Nadkarni, Ryan North, Lisa Perdigao, Tara Prescott-Johnson, Philip Smith, and Maite Ucaregui The explosive popularity of San Diego’s Comic-Con, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One, and Netflix’s Jessica Jones and Luke Cage all signal the tidal change in superhero narratives and mainstreaming of what were once considered niche interests. Yet just as these areas have become more openly inclusive to an audience beyond heterosexual white men, there has also been an intense backlash, most famously in 2015’s Gamergate controversy, when the tension between feminist bloggers, misogynistic gamers, and internet journalists came to a head. The place for gender in superhero narratives now represents a sort of battleground, with important changes in the industry at stake. These seismic shifts—both in the creation of superhero media and in their critical and reader reception—need reassessment not only of the role of women in comics, but also of how American society conceives of masculinity. Gender and the Superhero Narrative launches ten essays that explore the point where social justice meets the Justice League. Ranging from comics such as Ms. Marvel, Batwoman: Elegy, and Bitch Planet to video games, Netflix, and cosplay, this volume builds a platform for important voices in comics research, engaging with controversy and community to provide deeper insight and thus inspire change. |
LONG Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
How to use long in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Long. extending for a considerable distance; having greater length than usual; having greater height than usual : tall…
LONG | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
LONG definition: 1. continuing for a large amount of time: 2. being a distance between two points that is more than…. Learn more.
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LONG definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
If you describe a period of time or work as long, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does.
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The adjective long describes something that stretches over a large distance. If you're trying to avoid a prolonged visit with your crazy Aunt Martha, you might decide to take the long way to …
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Definition of long adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. measuring or covering a great length or distance, or a greater length or distance than usual. She had long dark hair. …
Long - definition of long by The Free Dictionary
Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several: the long edge of the door. 2. Of relatively great duration: a long time. 3. Of a specified linear extent or duration: a mile long; an …
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lasting a considerable length of time: a long story; a long trip. extending, lasting, measuring, or totaling a number of specified units:[after a noun] The river was eight miles long. containing …
Long Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Measuring much from end to end in space or from beginning to end in time; not short or brief. Having relatively great height; tall. Measured from end to end rather than from side to side. …
LONG Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Long definition: having considerable linear extent in space.. See examples of LONG used in a sentence.
LONG Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
How to use long in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Long. extending for a considerable distance; having greater length than usual; having greater height than usual : tall…
LONG | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
LONG definition: 1. continuing for a large amount of time: 2. being a distance between two points that is more than…. Learn more.
511 Synonyms & Antonyms for LONG - Thesaurus.com
Find 511 different ways to say LONG, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
LONG definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
If you describe a period of time or work as long, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does.
Long - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
The adjective long describes something that stretches over a large distance. If you're trying to avoid a prolonged visit with your crazy Aunt Martha, you might decide to take the long way to …
long adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage …
Definition of long adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. measuring or covering a great length or distance, or a greater length or distance than usual. She had long dark hair. …
Long - definition of long by The Free Dictionary
Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several: the long edge of the door. 2. Of relatively great duration: a long time. 3. Of a specified linear extent or duration: a mile long; an …
long - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
lasting a considerable length of time: a long story; a long trip. extending, lasting, measuring, or totaling a number of specified units:[after a noun] The river was eight miles long. containing …
Long Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Measuring much from end to end in space or from beginning to end in time; not short or brief. Having relatively great height; tall. Measured from end to end rather than from side to side. …
LONG Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Long definition: having considerable linear extent in space.. See examples of LONG used in a sentence.
