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longer

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/ (UK)
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/ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/ (UK) · /ˈlæŋ.ɡæ/ · /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/ · /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/ · [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ] · /ˈlɒŋ.ə/ (UK) · /ˈlɔŋ.ɚ/ · /ˈlɑŋ.ɚ/

Definition of longer

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of long: more long
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adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of long: more long

adv

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of long: more long

noun

  1. One who longs or yearns for something.
    “The slayer also lay, The terrible earth-drake deprived of life, Oppressed by bale: the ring-hoard longer The twisted worm, might not control.”

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Etymology

From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

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