long established

long-established — index conventional, customary, prescriptive, traditional Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

long-established — adj. Long established is used with these nouns: ↑tradition …   Collocations dictionary

long established — Synonyms and related words: acknowledged, admitted, chronic, confirmed, conventional, customary, deep dyed, deep engraven, deep fixed, deep grounded, deep laid, deep rooted, deep seated, deep set, deep settled, dyed in the wool, embedded,… …   Moby Thesaurus

long-established — adjective that has been in existence for a long time …   Wiktionary

long-standing — [adj] existing for some time abiding, durable, enduring, established, fixed, lasting, long established, long lasting, longlived, traditional; concepts 551,798 …   New thesaurus

long-standing — adj established, long established, well established, long lived, long lasting, enduring, abiding, time honoured, traditional * * * ˌlong ˈstanding [long standing] adjective usually before noun that has existed or lasted for a long time • a long… …   Useful english dictionary

established — Synonyms and related words: accepted, acknowledged, actual, admitted, ascertained, assigned, assured, attested, authenticated, borne out, categorically true, certain, certified, chronic, circumstantiated, confirmed, conformable, consuetudinary,… …   Moby Thesaurus

long standing — Synonyms and related words: abiding, acknowledged, admitted, age long, aged, ancient, antique, chronic, constant, continuing, conventional, customary, diuturnal, durable, enduring, established, evergreen, fixed, folk, hallowed, handed down, hardy …   Moby Thesaurus

long-standing — adjective a long standing business partnership Syn: well established, long established; time honored, traditional, age old; abiding, enduring, long lived, surviving, persistent, prevailing, perennial, deep rooted, long term, confirmed Ant: new …   Thesaurus of popular words

long — long1 W1S1 [lɔŋ US lo:ŋ] adj comparative longer superlative longest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(great length)¦ 2¦(great distance)¦ 3¦(large amount of time)¦ 4¦(particular length/distance/time)¦ 5¦(writing)¦ 6¦(clothing)¦ 7¦(tiring/boring)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

long — I [[t]lɒ̱ŋgɪst, AM lɔ͟ːŋgɪst[/t]] TIME ♦ longest 1) ADV GRADED: ADV with v, oft ADV adv/prep Long means a great amount of time or for a great amount of time. Repairs to the cable did not take too long... Have you known her parents long?... I… …   English dictionary