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longer-standing

longer-standing is the comparative form of long-standing.

Meaning of long-standing

Adjective

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

  1. Having existed for a long time; of long standing (duration).
    • Near-synonym: long-lasting (often synonymous)
    Synonyms:
    long-lasting
  2. Having been done for long enough time to become convention.
    • Near-synonym: established
    Synonyms:
    established

Questions about longer-standing

What is longer-standing the comparative form of?
Longer-standing is the comparative form of long-standing.

Words near longer-standing in the dictionary

  1. longer-lasting
  2. longer-lived
  3. longer-living
  4. longer-locked
  5. longer-running
  6. longer-standing
  7. longer-suffering
  8. longer-term
  9. Longerenong
  10. longeron
  11. longerons

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