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

Carol Felsenthal is a writer of biographies — among her subjects are Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Katharine Graham, Bill Clinton — and long-form magazine profiles. — Carol Felsenthal, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

The allegations against Walliams appear in a long-form article in The Guardian as well as in an hour-long news documentary on the British news channel ITV. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026

Reviews on Letterboxd can range from the thoughtful and long-form to the pithy and snarky. — J. Kim Murphy, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026

Iterating Affordable Long-Form Explainer Content The dividend goes to long-form, not short. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 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