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

For that, long-form content can be the way to go, creating meaningful attachment beyond the thrill of a captivating 10-second video. —Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 23 June 2025

London Alley is one of the few entertainment companies building premium long-form series for YouTube. —Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025

For example, the original content Disney produces for YouTube complements its long-form content on Disney+ and drives deeper engagement with its characters, according to a Disney spokesperson. —Ali McCadden, CNBC, 17 June 2025

Under the agreement, Level Forward will develop and create original programming in all genres – feature and documentary, long-form and short, films and series, and live entertainment – to be produced for the WaterBear platform. —Brent Lang, Variety, 12 June 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