longing
/ˈlɒŋɪŋ//ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To take a long position in.
verb
- 1
To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
“She longed for him to come back.”
verb
- 1
To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
verb
- 1
To belong.
noun
- 1
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
- 2
The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise
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