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long-held

long-held adjective: held (assumed, proposed, believed etc.) for a long period of time.

Adjective

long-held (comparative more long-held, superlative most long-held)

  1. Held (assumed, proposed, believed etc.) for a long period of time.
    • The illumination was organised by Martin Whyte from events company The Stage Group, fulfilling a long-held ambition of his to light up the 21-arch Scottish structure.2020 April 22, “Network News: Glenfinnan turns blue to honour NHS workers”, in Rail, page 9

Forms of long-held

comparativemore long-held
superlativemost long-held

Questions about long-held

What does long-held mean?
Long-held means held (assumed, proposed, believed etc.) for a long period of time.
What part of speech is long-held?
Long-held is an adjective.

Words near long-held in the dictionary

  1. long-hauler
  2. long-haulers
  3. long-hauling
  4. long-hauls
  5. long-headed
  6. long-held
  7. long-hop
  8. long-horned
  9. long-horned beetle
  10. long-horned beetles
  11. long-horned grasshopper

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