long standingn.
/ˌlɒŋ ˈstandɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋ ˈˌstændɪŋ/, /ˈlɑŋ ˈˌstændɪŋ/ Continuance for a long time in a settled and recognized position, status, etc.; long continued existence; an instance of this (now rare). Chiefly in of long standing.
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the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time
lenghc888
longnessOE
enduringc1374
length1388
continuing1398
long lasting?c1400
perdurability?a1425
perseverance?a1425
permanence1440
perdurablenessc1450
perdurationc1450
continuation1469
diuturnity?a1475
prolixityc1500
endurancea1513
sustention1515
continuance1552
long standinga1568
longitude1596
long-lastingness1598
sempiternity1599
consistence1606
persistence1621
long-livedness1652
abidingness1654
productedness1664
imperdibility1713
longiturnity1727
endurableness1795
lengthiness1829
endurability1837
perenniality1841
longevity1842
protractedness1855
enduringnessa1867
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > of long standing
longOE
oldOE
veterate?1541
long-rooted1562
of long standinga1568
old-standinga1627
veteran1648
long-running1651
long-standing1655
old-established1776
long-breathed1816
long-time1851
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective]
stablea1300
durablec1386
during1398
durant1455
permanent?a1475
standingc1480
perseverablea1500
indelible1532
of long standinga1568
permansible1568
long-established1589
dureful1595
subsistent1603
subsisting1613
staple1621
constant1645
long-standing1655
throughout1701
untemporary1784
pukka1801
rock-ribbed1903
hardwired1971
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 5v Except a very fewe, to whom peraduenture blood and happie parentage, may perchance purchace a long standing vpon the stage.
1574 H. Howard Def. Eccl. Regiment in Eng. 99 The long standing & most happy flourishing of these colledges.
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxix. sig. Q5v Their discent..from families of long standings.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 123 This Fair therefore is an Ancient thing, of long standing . View more context for this quotation
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 14 Apr. 1/1 Mothers of long standing, undesigning Maids and contented Widows.
1752 G. G. Beekman Let. 8 Aug. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 146 It [sc. a debt] is of Long Standing and High time it Should be settelled.
1838 United Service Jrnl. June 238 His long standing as a subaltern.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxiv. 290 Thomas is a friend of mine of rather long-standing.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 353 Between him and the licensers there was a feud of long standing.
1938 E. A. Powell Free-lance xliv. 382 In three minutes we were talking away like acquaintances of long standing.
1978 R. F. O'Toole Christol. Climax of Paul's Def. iv. 43 What is really emphasized is Paul's long standing as a Pharisee.
2009 Wire Jan. 43/1 I'm a sucker of long standing for this kind of self-reflective, timbre-nurturing electroacoustic creation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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