Used in a Sentence

longer

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for longer.

Editorial note

That means production can be cut in half because batteries last longer, to sustain the same storage levels.

Examples15
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

One who longs or yearns for something.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of longer gathered in one view.

noun

One who longs or yearns for something.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for longer.

noun

One who longs or yearns for something.

Example sentences

1

That means production can be cut in half because batteries last longer, to sustain the same storage levels.

2

Plus I think you have to sign in now to maintain your license in community edition and the SDK is no longer standalone.

3

Same with FB, it's not tuned to perform well on the browser and takes longer to load.

4

It's mostly arbitrary right now and people who wish to use the service for longer content have to do so in a stupid way.

5

But by choosing to publish on Medium, with a medium.com URL, he's guaranteed this writing will not last a day longer than Medium Inc.

6

They used to require an extension but they don't any longer.

7

Once the shares are sold, the company no longer owns them, so whatever happens, happens, just like whenever you sell anything else.

8

It's not a modeller, but it's no longer a toy.

9

That adjective is no longer convincing on its own.

10

Because of that experience, I no longer felt that IDEs were interchangeable.

11

I think I'm pretty close to the 'sweet spot' where further optimizations are both a waste of time and make the result much less useful in the longer term.

12

(Shipped across the ocean, trains, refinery, delivered to a gas station, travels with the car until burned.) - Electric vehicles last longer.

Quote examples

1

Longer: A visual “programming language” for iOS + beyond.

2

"Manager" is short for something longer like "Project Manager".

Proper noun examples

1

Longer term, we have big plans for interesting ways we can use behaviour tracking, and making our user journey best-in-class.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use longer in a sentence?

That means production can be cut in half because batteries last longer, to sustain the same storage levels.

What does longer mean?

One who longs or yearns for something.

What part of speech is longer?

longer is commonly used as noun.