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

The property’s expansion into long-form content began in 2012, when Gummybear Intl. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026

Audiences are curious, so creators ‘keep ’em fed’ Morgan mapped out extensive plans for a long-form video focused on her festival fashion and several short-form videos. —Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026

Content creators would drop long-form content on their YouTube channels, splicing weeks of their lives into one video. —Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

Morgan mapped out extensive plans for a long-form video focused on her festival fashion and several short-form videos. —ABC News, 9 Apr. 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