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Detailed Synonyms for long for in English

long for:

to long for verbe (longs for, longed for, longing for)

  1. to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to languish; to long for; to pine; to yearn
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • languish verbe (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • long for verbe (longs for, longed for, longing for)
    • pine verbe (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • yearn verbe (yearns, yearned, yearning)
  2. to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to yearn
    – desire strongly or persistently 1
    • yearn verbe (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    to long for; to languish; to pine
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • long for verbe (longs for, longed for, longing for)
    • languish verbe (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine verbe (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
  3. to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to wither; to waste away
    • wither verbe (withers, withered, withering)
    • waste away verbe (wastes away, wasted away, wasting away)
    to languish; to pine away
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    • languish verbe (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine away verbe (pines away, pined away, pining away)
    to pine; to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • pine verbe (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • long for verbe (longs for, longed for, longing for)

Conjugations for long for:

present
  1. long for
  2. long for
  3. longs for
  4. long for
  5. long for
  6. long for
simple past
  1. longed for
  2. longed for
  3. longed for
  4. longed for
  5. longed for
  6. longed for
present perfect
  1. have longed for
  2. have longed for
  3. has longed for
  4. have longed for
  5. have longed for
  6. have longed for
past continuous
  1. was longing for
  2. were longing for
  3. was longing for
  4. were longing for
  5. were longing for
  6. were longing for
future
  1. shall long for
  2. will long for
  3. will long for
  4. shall long for
  5. will long for
  6. will long for
continuous present
  1. am longing for
  2. are longing for
  3. is longing for
  4. are longing for
  5. are longing for
  6. are longing for
subjunctive
  1. be longed for
  2. be longed for
  3. be longed for
  4. be longed for
  5. be longed for
  6. be longed for
diverse
  1. long for!
  2. let's long for!
  3. longed for
  4. longing for
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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