Dictionary

long-standing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɒŋstændɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. Having existed for a long time; of long standing (duration).
   • Forty-five years ago, Crewe was witnessing the first year of the revised timetable associated with the 'Electric Scots' services, following inauguration of through London-Glasgow electric running in May 1974. Except for Euston-North Wales traffic, the long-standing practice of motive power changing at Crewe had ended. 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 60:
   • “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign. 2024 December 24, Aaron Pellish, “Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’”, in CNN:
   • Near-synonym: long-lasting (often synonymous)
   • In saying this Lenin was only repeating his long-standing belief that it was none of the people's business to decide what its interests were. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 480:
2. Having been done for long enough time to become convention.
   • Near-synonym: established
   • Long-standing custom calls for referring to the town chairman as mayor, even though we don't have a mayor.

Forms

Hypernyms

permanent · perpetual · unending · lifelong · endless

Relateds

venerable · in good stead · good standing · veteran

Synonyms

long-lasting · established

Translations (28)

es de larga data (having existed for a long time) · mi mauki (having existed for a long time) · vi lâu đời (having existed for a long time) · de altgedient (having been done for long enough time to become convention) · fr de longue date (having existed for a long time) · bg отдавнашен (having existed for a long time) · de langjährig (having existed for a long time) · fi pitkäaikainen (having existed for a long time) · nb årelang (having existed for a long time) · de altbewährt (having been done for long enough time to become convention) · de alteingeführt (having been done for long enough time to become convention) · fr ancien (having existed for a long time) · hi सनातन (having existed for a long time) · la inveterātus (having existed for a long time) · de langgedient (having existed for a long time) · mi tūroa (having existed for a long time) · de altgedient (having existed for a long time) · pt de longa data (having existed for a long time) · nn årelang (having existed for a long time) · de alt (having existed for a long time) · bg дългогодишен (having existed for a long time) · de jahrelang (having existed for a long time) · de langbestehend (having existed for a long time) · de seit langer Zeit bestehend (having existed for a long time) · de eingeführt (having been done for long enough time to become convention) · it di vecchia data (having existed for a long time) · it di lunga durata (having existed for a long time) · it di lunga data (having existed for a long time)