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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
long-standing
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a long-standing friendship (=one that has existed for a long time)
▪ There is a long-standing friendship between the two countries.
a long-standing invitation (=an invitation which someone has had for a long time)
▪ He had accepted a long-standing invitation to address the conference.
a time-honoured/long-standing tradition (=a long tradition)
▪ In time-honoured tradition, they have a drink in every pub along the high street.
an old/ancient/long-standing grudge
▪ He said they should celebrate their achievements, not nurse old grudges.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
debate
▪ There has been a long-standing debate among philosophers and theologians.
dispute
▪ But there had been a long-standing dispute between managers, parents and the county over school premises.
problem
▪ The Beveridge report was to breathe the same spirit of optimism and confidence that long-standing problems could be tackled.
▪ The long-standing problems, he explained, involving the different gaits of the horse were finally to be solved.
▪ The researchers concluded from these two studies that parenting problems were brought about through long-standing problems in social relationships.
▪ Both had been out for months after under-going operations designed to cure long-standing problems.
▪ Koops then became interested in the long-standing problem of making paper from materials other than linen and cotton.
relationship
▪ As financial firms merged, long-standing relationships with lawyers inevitably were threatened.
▪ Many schools have such long-standing relationships to universities and staff development organizations.
▪ It is behind Sainsbury's long-standing relationships with those who produce specifically for its chain of food stores.
tradition
▪ Today's Soviet leaders are the products of a long-standing tradition of thinking about war and the use of force.
▪ The two of them reversed Indianapolis' long-standing tradition of not taking federal funds, including money for school breakfasts.
▪ There was a long-standing tradition of professionalism, which centred around jockeys and pugilists for the most part.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ GM maintains a long-standing policy of not commenting on market speculation and rumour.
▪ Motorola has a long-standing agreement to provide at least one week's training to all new employees.
▪ The area is populated by Kurdish rebels who have long-standing grievances against Hussein.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A long-standing illness, disability or infirmity was reported by almost a quarter.
▪ Butcher was outstanding in Sunderland's defence, despite being troubled by a long-standing knee injury.
▪ Either Mr Putt settle his long-standing and substantial account, or the tailor would take him to the debtor's court.
▪ The problem is long-standing in some industries but is making fresh inroads with the spread of new technology and keyboards.
▪ The researchers concluded from these two studies that parenting problems were brought about through long-standing problems in social relationships.
▪ There was a long-standing tradition of professionalism, which centred around jockeys and pugilists for the most part.
▪ This double-speed elimination of caffeine may explain the long-standing observation that smokers drink more coffee than nonsmokers.
▪ Whatever the outcome the long-standing, unwritten code of behaviour that governs relations between ministers and civil servants would be gravely battered.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
long-standing

long-standing \long-standing\ adj. existing since a time in the distant past; as, long-standing policies. [prenominal]

Syn: longtime(prenominal).

Wiktionary
long-standing

a. 1 Having existed for a long time. 2 Having been done for so long so as to become convention. alt. 1 Having existed for a long time. 2 Having been done for so long so as to become convention.

Usage examples of "long-standing".

Cuman mercenaries appeared on the hilltop behind them: an entire barbarian nation, thirty thousand strong, and each and every one of them nursing a long-standing hatred of their Pecheneg and Bogomil neighbours.

Their long-standing feuds and internecine conflicts were largely why Castilla had asked him to organize Covert-One in the first place.

Fellows heard corroborating evidence from the three Pinnacle sailors, who were all of good reputation in Lakehead, being sons of long-standing families.

Greater Serbia with a suitable port, the attack on Dubrovnik was also motivated by the long-standing urge of the Hercegovinian and Montenegrin mountain dwellers to make this beautiful city Serbian.

An effective network of officials with long-standing ties to Cheney, some neoconservative, others simply conservative, scattered throughout key jobs in the administration, provided crucial support to Rumsfeld.

I am about to undertake the strangest criminal investigation of my career, partly I admit to satisfy a long-standing personal curiosity but mainly to determine if prosecution should be brought.

Some are convinced that eyewitness testimony is reliable, that people do not make things up, that hallucinations or hoaxes on such a scale are impossible, and that there must be a long-standing, high-level government conspiracy to keep the truth from the rest of us.

Maasai have such a long-standing obsession for the tusks of the Kilimanjaro Elephant?

There is a great deal of debate over the concept of anticipatory self-defense, with some scholars arguing that it is illegal because it contradicts long-standing criteria for self-defense established in 1837.

It was a long-standing joke in the family that she was choosy and would end up an old maid.

Iobates said, his elder daughter's father, glaring at Polyeidus, who rapidly declared that the great similarity between the old Carian pirate outfit and the new border-monster should not be taken as evidence that my testimony was fanciful: in his opinion it corroborated his opinion that the Chimera, while newly embodied up in the hills and a great fresh threat to Lycia, was a monster of long-standing Carian tradition: his genealogical visions and researches inclined him to believe her the offspring of Typhon and Echidne.

Immediately following the election, Seagram abrogated the long-standing voluntary agreement which prohibits advertising liquor on radio and television.

No one had officially suggested that the Andies might be contemplating making a move, however long-standing their ambitions in Silesia might have been, but he supposed it made sense for Zahn to consider the possibility very seriously.

It was a long-standing danger signal between Blord and his chief executives, partially nullified by the swift departure of the zilths, but nevertheless an example of his varied techniqueas are the multiple devices he has for recapturing his private yacht.

It was a long-standing danger signal between Blord and his chief executives, partially nullified by the swift departure of the zilths, but nevertheless an example of his varied technique&mdash.