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What does long for mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word long for? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To have a desire for; to yearn for; to crave for; to pine for; to hanker for
  2. (transitive) To miss someone
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He wore his hair unusually long for a Yoruba, and he had the filed upper teeth of the Gun, his mother's people.
It amazes me that it has taken so long for this matter to come to court, when it has for many years been a contentious issue.
Sure enough, I tracked him down only to find out that he's extremely ill and possibly not long for this world.
We all feel jaded and long for time to escape and revitalise. I'm consoled with the thought of leaving.
I wonder at my life, it seems ajar. Is it so bad to long for relationship? Will He grant me kindred heart fellowship?
One way or another, whether we like it or not we are all not long for this world.

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