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longest

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

Editorial note

The microcomputer is by far the longest living of all generations, having survived through three decades.

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Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for longest.

Example sentences

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The microcomputer is by far the longest living of all generations, having survived through three decades.

2

For the longest time they were hand picked and you had to 'know someone' to get on the site.

3

You also work some of the longest hours of all the countries in the study.

4

The longest moon mission was 12 days, not really enough to know what moon gravity can do to a human over time.

5

Of all of the other female engineers at the company, I have now been there the longest.

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This might not be the hardest bug I've tackled, but it certainly took the longest to solve.

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What is the longest most complicated chapter of Nicholas Zaka's Javscript books[1]?!

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Interestingly, one of the longest running institutions at universities are fraternities.

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The longest, most engaged threads I see are (big surprise, internet) trolling and fighting.

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I think this is the longest I've stuck with a particular monospace font.

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I've been a big fan of Droid Sans Mono for the longest time, and my biggest complaint was the lack of 'crossed' zeroes.

12

Maybe taking the longest edge would make sense?

Quote examples

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No, works in deposit aren't "works that the public won't see", but essential works to ensure the longest lasting to the pieces usually shown (but periodically put to rest through a planned turnover).

2

Price’s most valued employees quit, spurred in part by their view that it was unfair to double the pay of some new hires while the longest-serving staff members got small or no raises." If he was going to double the salary for the new hires, he should also doubled the salary of everyone else too.

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Not sure if there was much contribution or acknowledgement for the longest time from any company (Google, FB, Vimeo, Netflix, Zencoder, etc) using it, and I remember the best they'd do for bug reports was say "yeah it crashes sometimes" and refuse to send sample files.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use longest in a sentence?

The microcomputer is by far the longest living of all generations, having survived through three decades.

What does longest mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is longest?

longest is commonly used as noun.