Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with long in British Collocation
long
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/lɒŋ/
very
awfully
extremely
incredibly
really
very
I think we are in for a very long wait.
rather
comparatively
fairly
pretty
reasonably
relatively
It was a pretty long match at nearly three hours.
too
excessively
overly
unacceptably
unnecessarily
unreasonably
Under this system, approval takes an unacceptably long time.
long enough
sufficiently
Performance should be assessed over a sufficiently long period.
longer than usual
exceptionally
surprisingly
unusually
We’ve had an unusually long spell of dry weather.
so long that it seems almost silly
impossibly
inordinately
ridiculously
The drive to Prague was easy, even including a ridiculously long stop in Dresden.