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long shot |
long since |
long sleeve |
long standing |
long suffering |
long suit
| long term
| long time
| long tom
| long ton
| long trousers
long suit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun long suit has 2 senses
- long suit(n = noun.group) Array - in a hand, the suit having the most cards; Array is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
- long suit(n = noun.attribute) forte, metier, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit - an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" is a kind of asset, plus
is a part of deal, hand
has particulars: strong suit
has particulars: green fingers, green thumb
THESAURUS
long suit
ability, area, bag, bump, caliber, capability, capacity, cup of tea, dower, dowry, endowment, equipment, faculty, field, flair, forte, genius, gift, instinct, line, main interest, makings, manner, medium, metier, natural endowment, natural gift, oyster, parts, pet subject, potential, power, powers, pursuit, qualification, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, strong flair, strong point, style, talent, talents, technicality, the goods, the stuff, thing, type, vocation, way, weakness, what it takes
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