long-form

adjective

ˈlȯŋ-ˌfȯrm 

variants or less commonly longform

: notably long in form in comparison to what is common or typical for works or content of a particular category

Making Michael Jackson's Thriller … spawned the long-form music video.

—Paul Taublieb

His compositions are long-form; by a comparative ratio to most piano players, there's not much soloing. Like good long-form structures, they don't always strike you as such; the written parts ease into solos without giving notice.

—Ben Ratliff

especially, journalism : covering a subject at much greater length and in much greater depth than a standard news article

Long-form and investigative stories were replaced by short, searchable bursts of information.

—Adam Weinstein

Mine was a world made new by memoir and biography, investigative journalism and longform essay.

—E. Ce Miller

Examples of long-form in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pixar's first-ever long-form TV series, Win or Lose, was originally set to feature a transgender character whose gender identity was directly addressed — but that storyline has since been dropped. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024

Ahead of its February 2025 release, Disney cut the transgender storyline from Pixar’s first long-form series, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. —Liza Esquibias, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024

With George Stephanopoulos and leads George Stephanopoulos Productions, a production unit within ABC News that focuses on long-form, nonfiction projects. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 Dec. 2024

While these players continue to prioritize long-form content, a blind spot in short form strategies threatens the ability to attract, retain, and monetize audiences — especially younger viewers — effectively. —Paul Pastor, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above