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Meaning of longe | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1
[ˈɫɔŋ.ɡeː]

Definitions

  1. long, a long way off, far, afar, far away, far off, at a distance
  2. long, for a long period of time
  3. widely, greatly, much, very much

Examples

“Sed quam longē vidētur ā carcere atque ā vinculīs abesse dēbēre, quī sē ipse iam dignum cūstōdia iūdicārit.”

But how far from prison and from chains does it seem he ought to be, who he himself has already judged worthy of custody? (Catiline had asked for protective custody.)

“arcēbat longē Latiō [Juno] was keeping [the Trojans] far away from Latium”
“Longe absum.”

I’m far away.

“Longe absum ab eius criminibus.”

I’m far away from his crimes.

“Neque longe progressus”

not much time has passed

“Docet longe alia ratione esse bellum gerendum atque antea gestum sit”

He teaches that they must fight by a very different method from that which had been previously adopted

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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