long-standing

See also: longstanding

English

Alternative forms

• longstanding

Adjective

long-standing (comparative longer-standing or more long-standing, superlative longest-standing or most long-standing)

1. Having existed for a long time.
   • 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 60:

     Forty-five years ago, Crewe was witnessing the first year of the revised timetable associated with the 'Electric Scots' services, following inauguration of through London-Glasgow electric running in May 1974. Except for Euston-North Wales traffic, the long-standing practice of motive power changing at Crewe had ended.

2. Having been done for long enough time to become convention.

   Long-standing custom calls for referring to the town chairman as mayor, even though we don't have a mayor.

Translations

having existed for a long time

• Bulgarian: дългогодишен (bg) (dǎlgogodišen), отдавнашен (bg) (otdavnašen)
• Finnish: pitkäaikainen (fi)
• French: de longue date (fr), ancien (fr)
• German: langjährig (de), langgedient, jahrelang (de), seit langer Zeit bestehend , langbestehend, altgedient (de), alt (de)
• Italian: di vecchia data, di lunga durata, di lunga data
• Latin: inveterātus
• Maori: tūroa, mauki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: årelang

  Nynorsk: årelang

• Portuguese: de longa data (pt)
• Spanish: de larga data
• Vietnamese: lâu đời (vi)

having been done for long enough time to become convention

• German: altbewährt (de), alteingeführt, altgedient (de), eingeführt (de)

References

• “long-standing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.