LONG TIME

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A prolonged period of time

Example:

I haven't been there for years and years

Synonyms:

age; long time; years

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)

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)