longtime
pronunciation
How to pronounce longtime in British English:
UK ['lɒŋtaɪm]
How to pronounce longtime in American English:
US ['lɒŋtaɪm]
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- Adjective:
- of long duration
Word Origin
- longtime (adj.)
- also long-time, 1580s, from long (adj.) + time (n.).
Example
- 1. The incumbent senator democrat tom dodd was a longtime fixture in connecticut politics .
- 2. This week , apple fired scott forstall , its longtime chief of mobile software .
- 3. Even germany , a longtime and faithful ally , refused to endorse the war .
- 4. Sabre could use a big revenue boost , and longtime friend and family american airlines seemed an ideal benefactor .
- 5. Photographs of the artist in his studio by david dawson , his longtime assistant and model , cover the walls at the hazlitt holland-hibbert gallery .