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

Going forward, for long-form videos, the AI label will now appear directly below the video player and above the description. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 May 2026

For long-form videos, the label will appear directly below the player, right above a video's description. —Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 May 2026

Utopai’s promise is that by using AI models, producers can spin up long-form storytelling with smaller budgets and far fewer expenses. —Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Drawing heavily from Japanese kankyō ongaku, the Portland ambient duo explores mind-bending sound design and meditative states in a long-form piece at the nexus of the acoustic and the digital. —Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 22 May 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