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LONGSTANDING

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• LONGSTANDING (adjective)
The adjective LONGSTANDING has 2 senses:

1. having existed for a long time
2. having existed or continued for a long time

Familiarity information: LONGSTANDING used as an adjective is rare.

• LONGSTANDING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having existed for a long time

Context examples:

a longstanding friendship / the longstanding conflict

Similar:

long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Having existed or continued for a long time

Synonyms:

long-standing; longstanding

Similar:

traditional (consisting of or derived from tradition)

"To kill two birds with one stone."
(English proverb)
"Consider the tune, not the voice; consider the words, not the tune; consider the meaning, not the words."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"Don't count your chickens until they've hatched."
(Catalan proverb)
"A monkey is a gazelle in its mother’s eyes."
(Egyptian proverb)

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