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Synonyms for long-standing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : lawng-stan-ding, long-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔŋˈstæn dɪŋ, ˈlɒŋ-



Définition of long-standing

Origin :
  • also long-standing, c.1600 (n.), 1814 (adj.), from long (adj.) + standing.
  • adj existing for some time
Example sentences :
  • His lameness, which was slight, was due to a long-standing infirmity of the hip.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • She preferred to think that her feeling was of the long-standing and resistless kind.
  • Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
  • The long-standing open question does not yet appear to have been answered.
  • Extract from : « The Surprises of Life » by Georges Clemenceau
  • A long-standing and bitter cause of strife has thus been removed.
  • Extract from : « South America Observations and Impressions » by James Bryce
  • This remark had reference to a long-standing dispute as to the propriety of oath-taking by a Freethinker under any circumstances.
  • Extract from : « Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume II (of 2) » by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
  • A ripe scholar, Daphne, and a long-standing personal friend of my own.
  • Extract from : « A Safety Match » by Ian Hay
  • It is written with the careless ease of long-standing intimacy.
  • Extract from : « Francis Beaumont: Dramatist » by Charles Mills Gayley
  • I've known of two cases of long-standing erysipelas it has completely cured.
  • Extract from : « Voces Populi » by F. Anstey
  • But there is a long-standing antagonism, which would make it odd in me to be the writer.
  • Extract from : « The Well-Beloved » by Thomas Hardy
  • The result was that many farms of long-standing ownership had to be mortgaged.
  • Extract from : « Frying Pan Farm » by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

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