longstanding
pronunciation
How to pronounce longstanding in British English:
UK [ˌlɒŋ'stændɪŋ]
How to pronounce longstanding in American English:
US ['lɒŋ'stændɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- having existed for a long time
Word Origin
- longstanding
- also long-standing, c. 1600 (n.), 1814 (adj.), from long (adj.) + standing.
Example
- 1. Facebook 's knowledge-economy mission is similar to google 's longstanding goal to organize the world 's information .
- 2. He also broke with longstanding rules of fiscal prudence .
- 3. Mr schuble voiced longstanding concerns but in stronger terms .
- 4. The difficulties in explaining physics without using maths are longstanding .
- 5. The generous provisions of chapter 11 only reinforced a longstanding legal prejudice .