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

see also:

short-form

Examples of long-form in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And The Undead is the first long-form text that was born in English and exists in English. —Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026

Qiu Zhengyang, deputy general manager of Hangzhou Jiaping Pictures, said his company now operates separate long-form drama and microdrama divisions. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026

Netflix’s new, long-form interview series is based on the Danish TV format of the same name — Det Sidste Ord. —Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026

Fox News host Sean Hannity launches a twice-weekly podcast featuring long-form interviews with guests from politics, business, culture and sports. —Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026

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