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 →

2) Longest also means lasting the most time. tree →

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 →
• The longest river is 600 km. tree →
• The longest wait was 20 minutes. tree →
• Find the longest side of the triangle. tree →
• The Nile is often called the longest river in the world. tree →
• The longest day of the year is in summer. tree →
• Her jump was the longest, so she won. tree →
• Which word in this sentence is the longest? tree →
• The black dress suited mamma very well, and she wore mourning the longest. tree →

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.
• The longest snake is the reticulated python of Southeast Asia, and the heaviest is the green anaconda of South America.
• Older animals often wait the longest at rescue centres, though they are usually calm, trained and happy with a quiet life.
• The longest hair recorded was over five metres, grown by a woman in China.
• You join the end of a queue and wait your turn, because the people at the front waited longest.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «longest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.