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

Few storytellers understand this as well as Whiteley, television’s dean of long-form sports documentaries with the Last Chance U football and basketball editions, Cheer, Wrestlers and, most recently, America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025

Use it to expand outlines, repurpose long-form content into social posts, and generate consistent material across platforms. —Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

When running a marathon, as with any type of long-form exercise, the body typically relies on its energy stores. —Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025

Column One Column One is The Times’ home for narrative and long-form journalism. —Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 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