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# longest

«longest» in Mova's school dictionary: **more long than all the others, from one end to the other** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (long, longer, longest); superlative of long

### meaning for a pupil

1) Longest means more long than all the others, from one end to the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#m1)

2) Longest also means lasting the most time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

compares lengths or times; asks for the largest one of a group; in geography: the longest river, the longest day of the year; in sport: the longest jump wins; in everyday life: the longest queue or the longest wait

### examples

- Which ribbon is the longest? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x1)
- The longest river is 600 km. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x2)
- The longest wait was 20 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x3)
- Find the longest side of the triangle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x4)
- The Nile is often called the longest river in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x5)
- The longest day of the year is in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x6)
- Her jump was the longest, so she won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x7)
- Which word in this sentence is the longest? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x8)
- The black dress suited mamma very well, and she wore mourning the longest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/#x9)

### note

Compare and choose the biggest number; no adding needed unless asked how much longer (then subtract). Use «the» before longest. Compare two: longer; three or more: longest. Units must match before you compare (cm with cm).

### In the corpora

- [Some ant queens can live for nearly 30 years, the longest-lived insects known.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/6/)
- [The longest snake is the reticulated python of Southeast Asia, and the heaviest is the green anaconda of South America.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/2/)
- [Older animals often wait the longest at rescue centres, though they are usually calm, trained and happy with a quiet life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/19/)
- [The longest hair recorded was over five metres, grown by a woman in China.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey/6/)
- [You join the end of a queue and wait your turn, because the people at the front waited longest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «longest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.