longer

Everyday

1. Longer means having more length than something else. tree →
2. Longer means lasting more time: «Stay a bit longer». tree →
3. No longer means not any more: «He no longer lives here». tree →

In the lessons

more length than the thing before; «D longer» with no «than» compares with the thing just before: + D; «How much longer» asks for a difference; phrases: «longer than», «no longer», «any longer», «a little longer»

Examples

• The blue ribbon is 3 metres longer. tree →
• The rope is 5 metres longer than the string. tree →
• Which ribbon is longer? tree →
• Days are longer in summer than in winter. tree →
• Can we stay a little longer at the park? tree →
• My hair is longer than my sister's. tree →
• The shop no longer sells comics. tree →
• A giraffe's neck is longer than a horse's. tree →
• I can bear it no longer!” tree →

Note

«D longer» with no «than» compares with the thing just before: + D. «How much longer» asks for a difference: subtract. Trap: «no longer» has nothing to do with length.

In Jewish tradition

more length than the thing before; «D longer» with no «than» compares with the thing just before: + D; «How much longer» asks for a difference; phrases: «longer than», «no longer», «any longer», «a little longer»

Examples

• Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.' (Torah EXO.9.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. (Writings JOB.11.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the priests consented that they should take no longer money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. (Prophets 2KI.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. (Prophets 2SA.20.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

«D longer» with no «than» compares with the thing just before: + D. «How much longer» asks for a difference: subtract. Trap: «no longer» has nothing to do with length.