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

Viewership behavior is shifting dramatically: According to a Deloitte research study, more than 50% of Gen Z viewers prefer short-form over traditional long-form TV programming. —Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Emma has also written for publications including the Observer and The China Project, publishing long-form stories on culture, entertainment, and geopolitics. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025

Mike Birbiglia does long-form comedy storytelling on a variety of topics, and Nick Kroll does funny voices among other things. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025

Half of the platform’s top-trending videos now more closely resemble traditional TV, including long-form interviews and game shows, Ofcom said. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Aug. 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