how to pronounce longed

/ˈlɔːŋd/

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longed is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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An example use of longed in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of results men of action longed for …”

meanings of longed

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of long.

longed frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word longed occurs in english on average 3.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics longed can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that longed can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;