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

After its television run, Shaffir brought the concept back independently as Ari Shaffir’s Renamed Storytelling Show, continuing the tradition of raw, long-form storytelling in front of a live crowd. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026

Others are long-form sets with less rules but still with a lot of structure. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026

The long-form article shared by Sacks was authored by Jordan Schachtel, a conservative writer. —Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026

From its early beginnings as an online-only series, evolving into traditional long-form television, and now reimagined for vertical storytelling, each chapter has brought the franchise closer to its audience. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 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