longs
Because it is a word with a single syllable, longs is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oflongs
- A long vowel.
- A long syllable.
- A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
- A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
- An entity with a long position in an asset.
Example: "Every uptick made the longs cheer."
- A long-term investment.
- The long summer vacation at the English universities.
- To take a long position in.
- To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
Example: "She longed for him to come back."
- To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
- Longitude
- To belong.
- Long trousers/pants, as opposed to shorts.
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