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LONGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person with a strong desire for something
Example:
a yearner for knowledge
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("longer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
long (desire strongly or persistently)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
For more time
Example:
can I stay bit longer?
Classified under:
Pertainym:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
Context examples:
Still matters were patched up here, and made good there, over and over again; and altogether lasted, I am sure, for a longer time than anybody could have expected.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Even working as few as 41 hours a week, only an hour longer than the typical workweek, raised the risk of high blood pressure.
(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But it was no longer his body, it seemed so far away.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Evidence suggests it actually takes about a 50% drop before the brain can no longer compensate and cognitive effects are seen.
(Pathogenic tau and cognitive impairment are precipitated by a high-salt diet, National Institutes of Health)
"Perhaps," said Mr Elliot, speaking low, "I have had a longer acquaintance with your character than you are aware of."
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
NHEJ is operational throughout the cell cycle but may be more important during G1, prior to DNA replication, or in cells that are no longer cycling.
(Nonhomologous DNA End Joining, NCI Thesaurus)
Concept is no longer considered correct, and should not be used except as encountered in mappings and old data. — 2004.
(Obsolete Concept, NCI Thesaurus)
NAG has 2 clusters of nuclear localization signals, one in the N-terminus of the longer variant and the other in the common C-terminus.
(Neuroblastoma-Amplified Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)
No longer planned or scheduled (said of events).
(Off, NCI Thesaurus)
No longer participating in a study; not being followed and will not be retreated.
(Off Study, NCI Thesaurus)
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