how long
English
Adjective
how long
- Used literally: what length.
- How long is that piece of string?
- I don't know how long the Amazon River is.
- Used literally: what duration.
- How long is the flight?
- How long is it to lunch?
Derived terms
- How long is a piece of string?
Translations
how long (distance)
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Adverb
how long
- Used literally: for what duration.
- How long have you lived in Chicago?
- He won't tell me how long he is going to stay.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:
- How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.
Translations
how long (length of time)
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