long jump

Questions about long jump

What does long jump mean?

long jump means "a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for long jump?

Close synonyms include broad jump, broad jump. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is long jump a common word?

long jump is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.