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

Column One Column One is The Times’ home for narrative and long-form journalism. —Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025

SLMs also sometimes struggle with long-form reasoning tasks that require broader contextual knowledge. —Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

At first, the idea was to develop a sequel feature, but over time, the writers’ idea evolved into a long-form series that would bring new life to the original’s narrative. —Jamie Lang, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025

His post prompted online discussion, with some agreeing that wedding photography traditions need to be upgraded, while others defended the long-form shoots as an essential part of the day. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for long-form

• brainstorm
• conform
• deform
• firestorm
• hailstorm
• inform
• landform
• lukewarm
• perform
• planform
• platform
• preform